US votes tomorrow: Final scramble in swing states

Latest poll shows Hillary ahead by 5 points.

Donald Trump barnstorms five states on Sunday while Hillary Clinton implores her most fervent supporters to get to the polls, in a frenetic final 48-hour dash to the US presidential election.

Last-minute campaign events, including a midnight rally Monday night by Ms Clinton, pepper the landscape in the nation’s most contested states that will ultimately decide whether the United States maintains President Barack Obama’s legacy or steers a more conservative course.

The bruising and unpredictable race that concludes on November 8 has gripped the world and roiled international markets, as Americans decide whether to elect their first female commander in chief or a billionaire real estate tycoon whose political inexperience is seen by some as an asset and others a liability.

An ABC/Washington Post tracker on Sunday put Ms Clinton five points ahead. Polling averages are closer. Ms Clinton is banking on star power to lock in her narrow poll lead, hosting back-to-back weekend pop concerts with Beyonce and Katy Perry and booking a date with Mr Obama.

For his part, Mr Trump has embarked on a cross-country odyssey through key battlegrounds Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, as tightening polls suggest a fluidity in several states at the 11th hour. He is also planning stops in states like Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania and even Minnesota seeking to poach once-reliably Democratic states.

“We’ve got the momentum,” Republican national committee chairperson Reince Priebus told ABC’s show This Week.