Hispanic voters in key states surged to cast their ballots in the final days of early voting this weekend, a demonstration of political power that lifted Hillary Clinton’s presidential hopes and threatened to block Donald J. Trump’s path to the White House. …
While the changing face of the American electorate seemed to offer Mrs. Clinton a political cushion, the F.B.I.’s decision to continue investigating her use of a private email server as secretary of state appeared to push some loosely committed white voters away. …
But Mrs. Clinton can afford to lose Ohio and Iowa and even Michigan and still easily amass the 270 electoral votes needed for victory if she is able to secure the Southern and Western states that have tilted away from Republicans as they lost ground with nonwhites over the past decade: Virginia, North Carolina and Florida, as well as New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada. CONT.
Jonathan Martin, New York Times