title: stung by clinton allegations trump claims he used no undocumented workers in dc hotel
text: by reuters    pm democratic nominee hillary clinton leads republican donald trump by  percentage points among early voters surveyed in the past two weeks according to the reutersipsos states of the nation project   
  by maurice tamman 
  new york reuters  with  days to go before the us presidential election democratic nominee hillary clinton leads republican donald trump by  percentage points among early voters surveyed in the past two weeks according to the reutersipsos states of the nation project 
  though data is not available for all early voting states clinton enjoys an edge in swing states such as ohio and arizona and in republican party strongholds such as georgia and texas 
  an estimated  million americans have voted so far in the election according to the university of floridas united states election project accounting for as much as  percent of the electorate 
  overall clinton remained on track to win a majority of votes in the electoral college the reutersipsos survey showed 
  having so many ballots locked down before the nov  election is good news for the clinton campaign on friday the federal bureau of investigation announced that it is examining newly discovered emails belonging to clintons close aide huma abedin those emails were found on a computer belonging to anthony weiner abedins estranged husband during an unrelated investigation into illicit messages he is alleged to have sent to a teenage girl the reutersipsos survey was conducted before the news emerged friday afternoon 
  it remains unclear whether the fbi inquiry will upset the balance in the race the bureau disclosed nothing about the abedin emails including whether any of the messages were sent by or to clinton over the summer the fbi said it was closing its investigation into clintons use of a private email system while secretary of state until friday her campaign seemed to have weathered the initial fbi email probe 
  clinton has held a lead averaging four to seven percentage points in polls in recent weeks as the trump campaign wrestled with accusations by women of groping and other sexual advances trump has said none of the accusations are true he also struggled in the recent presidential debates and faced questions about his taxes 
  as of thursday clintons odds of receiving the  electoral college votes needed to win the presidency remained at greater than  percent according to state of the nation polling results released saturday the project estimated she would win by  votes to  with  votes solidly for the democrat 
  clintons lead among early voters is similar to the lead enjoyed by president barack obama over republican mitt romney at this point of the  race according to a reutersipsos poll taken at the time obama won the election by  electoral votes to romneys  
  but even before the latest email news it had been a difficult week for clinton news coverage of trumps accusers had diminished while clinton confronted the almost daily release by wikileaks of emails purportedly hacked from her campaign managers account this weeks leaked messages raised questions about former president bill clintons finances 
  and her lead in the states of the nation project fell slightly from last week though the projected electoral college votes hardly moved the number of states solidly for clinton slid from  to  this week trump didnt see any additional states tilt solidly to him but he did see some gains the swing states of pennsylvania colorado iowa and nevada all moved from leaning to clinton to being too close to call 
  still trumps path to a victory is narrow and any realistic chance rests on his winning ohio north carolina and florida as of thursday ohio remained a tossup florida and north carolina were still tilting toward clinton according to the states of the nation results 
  early voting data for florida and north carolina was not yet available this week in ohio clinton led trump by double digits among early voters the projects broader polling suggests the state is deadlocked between the two candidates 
  in arizona clinton also was solidly ahead among early voters in the past month arizona has gradually moved from a solid trump state to a marginal clinton state although it is still too close to call according to the project results 
  in georgia she enjoyed a similar lead among early voters overall georgia leans to trump but his lead narrowed to five percentage points this week down from eights points last week and  points a month ago 
  even in texas where trump enjoys a sizable lead clinton has a doubledigit edge among early voters according to project results 
  the states of the nation project is a survey of about  people every week in all  states plus washington dc state by state results are available by visiting httpwwwreuterscomstatesofthenation 
  editing by james dalgleish 
  hillary clinton enjoys solid lead in early voting reutersipsos poll added by reuters on sat oct th 