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Sat Oct 22, 2016, 04:25 PM Oct 2016

Early voting returns favor Hillary Clinton in key battleground states

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/10/21/Early-voting-returns-favor-Hillary-Clinton-in-key-battleground-states/5001477093843/?spt=rln&or=3

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- So far, early voting returns indicate that Democrat Hillary Clinton is doing well in several key battleground states like Florida, Ohio and North Carolina.

About four million Americans have already cast their ballots, including President Barack Obama, rendering the remaining campaigning by Clinton and GOP nominee Donald Trump meaningless for them.

And according to those ballots, Trump may have a very difficult time winning the election.

The Washington Post reported that early returns have so far banked more votes for Clinton than Obama had at this point in 2012 -- an election that wasn't particularly close.

In North Carolina, early data indicates Trump maintains a lead over Clinton, but it's a far slimmer lead than the GOP saw in the last two elections. In Florida, it's the same story -- a slight, but very narrow, Republican lead. In 2012 and 2008, the gap favoring the GOP was much wider.

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