US presidential election latest update: Hillary Clinton maintains her lead in most polls

Jardine Malado Saturday, November 05, 2016

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally in Sanford, Florida, U.S. November 1, 2016. | REUTERS/Brian Snyder

With just a few days to go before election day, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is maintaining her lead against Republican candidate Donald Trump. Her lead has decreased in the past few weeks but she is still favored to win in most of the election forecasts.

The latest results from the IBD/TIPP poll show Clinton leading against Trump by a fraction of a point at 44.2 to 43.7 percent. Clinton is ahead of the Republican candidate by four points in the latest Reuters/IPSOS poll.

In the poll by Fox News, Clinton maintains a one-point lead against Trump, as reported by Real Clear Politics. The Democratic candidate is ahead by two points in the McClatchy/Marist poll. She has a four-point lead in the ABC/Washington Post tracking poll.

Both candidates are tied at 44 percent in the Rasmussen poll. Trump leads Clinton by four points in the LA Times/USC tracking poll. Trump is ahead by three points in the Emerson poll.

In the election forecast by Upshot, Clinton is reported to have an 85 percent chance of winning the election while Trump has 15 percent.

The former secretary of state is also favored to win in other election forecasts. She has a 65 percent chance of winning in the FiveThirtyEight forecast. She got 99 percent from both the Huffington Post and Princeton Election Consortium. The PredictWise forecast gave her an 85 percent chance of winning while the DailyKos gave her 91 percent.

The Financial Times (FT) predicts that Clinton will receive 221 electoral votes compared to Trump with 164. A candidate must secure 270 electoral votes to win. The FT electoral college map lists 153 electoral votes as toss-ups. Some of the toss-up states include Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona and Colorado.

The CNN electoral college map predicts that Clinton will get 268 electoral college votes compared to Trump with 204. Sixty-six electoral votes are marked as toss-ups. Clinton is ahead with 293 electoral votes compared to Trump with 214 in Sabato's Crystal Ball.