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A new Rasmussen poll released Monday found that Evan McMullin's popularity in the Beehive State is rivaling that of the two major party candidates. The poll showed that McMullin trails Republican nominee Donald Trump by one point, 30 to 29 percent , and is ahead of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who had 28 percent.
Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence is starting the week with campaign stops in Ohio, while his Democratic counterpart Tim Kaine plans to return to the battleground state on Wednesday.
Donald Trump lashed out Monday at Republicans who have tried to tone down his rhetoric about election fraud, calling his own party's leaders "so naive" and claiming without evidence that large-scale voter fraud is real. Trump's claims were part a Monday morning blast of tweets that took on his party, the women who've accused him of sexual misconduct, the media and Vice President Joe Biden.
Donald Trump and his surrogates amplified their argument over the weekend that the election is "rigged," leaving the Republican nominee more isolated as top members of the GOP - including his own running mate - declared their faith in the political system. "The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places - SAD" But Trump's own vice presidential nominee, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, disagreed during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," saying he will accept the Election Day results.
Donald Trump is calling Republican leaders "naive" for dismissing his claims of a rigged election and urging his supporters to "come together and win this election." There is no evidence voter fraud is a widespread problem in the United States.
In less than 20 minutes, Oliver criticized the presidential campaigns of Green-Rainbow Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein of Lexington and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, claiming both remain popular with voters largely because they haven't been scrutinized like major party candidates Trump and Clinton. "There is no perfect candidate in this race, and when people say you don't have to choose the lesser of two evils, they are right, because you have to choose the lesser of four," said Oliver.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton answers a question from the audience during their presidential town hall debate at Washington University in St. Louis on October 9. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Donald Trump, having disgraced the Republican Party, polluted the presidential campaign, shamed and embarrassed the nation, now wants to bring those talents to the federal government. If his racist, misogynistic, narcissistic campaign does win, two unions representing thousands of federal law enforcement officers will have been accomplices.
No matter which party wins the White House in November, attention could quickly turn to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue if the Senate finds itself in unusual - but not unprecedented - territory. CNN's analysis of this year's competitive races raise the possibility that the 100-member chamber could be evenly split next year with 50 members caucusing with each of the two parties.
THE ISSUE: Persistent Republican-led efforts to restrict access to abortion and to curb government funding for Planned Parenthood have been hotly debated in Washington and in states, and will be shaped in some way by the next president. Democrat Hillary Clinton supports access to abortion and is an outspoken defender of Planned Parenthood, which is the largest provider of abortions in the U.S. and also offers other health services.
With roughly three weeks to Election Day, Republican strategists nationwide publicly concede Hillary Clinton has a firm grip on the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House - and may be on her way to an even more decisive victory over Donald Trump. "He is on track to totally and completely melting down," said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who is advising Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's re-election campaign.
With roughly three weeks to Election Day, Republican strategists nationwide publicly concede Hillary Clinton has a firm grip on the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House - and may be on her way to an even more decisive victory over Donald Trump. "He is on track to totally and completely melting down," said Republican pollster Whit Ayers, who is advising Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's re-election campaign.
Donald Trump has been raising doubts about the integrity of the election for months, but his running mate and other GOP leaders are taking a more cautious tone. "We will absolutely accept the result of the election," Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence said on NBC's Meet The Press Sunday.
Donald Trump on Sunday sought to sow doubt about the legitimacy of a presidential election he called "rigged," claiming - without evidence - that the firebombing of a local GOP office in North Carolina was perpetrated by supporters of Hillary Clinton. That as Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, downplayed the "rigged election" charges.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continued his feud with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday, after Ryan distanced himself from Trump in response to the bombshell recording of Trump boasting about sexual assault. In a series of tweets, Trump called Ryan "a man who doesn't know how to win," referring to his loss in 2012, when he was the GOP's vice presidential nominee, and said that the House speaker "does zilch" to help him defeat Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton .
Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence says evidence implicates Russia in recent email hacks tied to the US election, contradicting his running mate, Donald Trump, who cast doubt on Russia's involvement. As Trump continued to fight his running mate on key issues a new poll revealed Hillary Clinton has more than doubled her lead in Virginia.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his surrogates amplified their rhetoric on the racially charged issue of voting fraud, accusing Democrats of systematic cheating that could throw the election to Hillary Clinton. Trump said in a Twitter message Sunday that the Nov. 8 election is "absolutely being rigged" at polling places and through media coverage.
Hacked emails released Sunday by WikiLeaks show Hillary Clinton 's aides fretting over how to respond to backlash from the LGBT community after Clinton lauded Nancy Reagan for starting a "national conversation" about AIDS in the 1980s. Clinton immediately tweeted an apology after her initial remarks last March.
An ABC News/Washington Post poll has Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump by four points, the same percentage as the survey's margin of error But an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Clinton ahead of Trump by 11 points in a four-way race Two new national polls that dropped today tell different tales, with Donald Trump nipping at Hillary Clinton's heels in one - and her running away with the race in another. The new ABC News/Washington Post poll has Clinton just 4 points ahead of Trump, in both a two and four-person race, with the poll's margin of error also being 4 points.
Of Trump's lewd 2005 remarks about women and the following allegations of assault, Pence said in a "Face the Nation," interview, "I spoke out in my concern about the 11-year-old video that came forward. He went before the American people and said that he apologized to his family and he apologized to the people of this country and said he was embarrassed about what he'd said 11 years ago."