The Note: 7 Days Until Election Day

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here.

November 1, 2016

MORE POLITICS >

Top Political Stories of the Day

UPDATE - New ABC News' Electoral Ratings - Ohio from Tossup to Leans Republican.

In Ohio, Hillary Clinton has not held a statistically significant lead in the state in any polling there in nearly two months. Recent polling has shown a tight race. But early voting statistics have shown positive signs for Trump. ABC's JOHN KRUZEL and RYAN STRUYK have more. http://abcn.ws/1U7c52f

As the presidential race tightens in the last week of the campaign, the prospect of a split decision between the Electoral College and popular vote appears to be growing. Trump earns 46 percent support nationally to Clinton's 45 percent, a difference within the margin of error, according to this morning's ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll. Looking at the ABC News electoral map, however, Clinton still has the lead when it comes to the Electoral College breakdown, notes ABC's MEGHAN KENEALLY. "The bottom line here...is that Donald Trump needs to run the table - needs to win every single one of those toss up states - and even that won't be enough," ABC News White House correspondent Jon Karl said today on "Good Morning America." http://abcn.ws/2fBaDtt

George Will Speaks - Republicans Better Off Losing by Landslide.

Conservative journalist George Will who ripped up his Republican card this year after Donald Trump's nomination, says a narrow GOP defeat would be "the worst conceivable outcome" for the party. Speaking to ABC's JON KARL and RICK KLEIN on the "Powerhouse Politics" podcast today, Will said that the narrow defeat would lead to "the old stab-in-the-back theory": the party would blame Trump dissenters like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse for dividing Republicans. ABC's MELINA DELKIC has more. http://abcn.ws/2f7tXhc

Clinton Talks Trump's Treatment of Women, Doesn't Dwell on Emails

At the first campaign stop of three on a busy day in the battleground state of Florida, Hillary Clinton took aim at Donald Trump's treatment of women, reminding the public "what we have learned" about the Republican presidential candidate. Following an introduction by former Miss Universe Alicia Machado -- who accused Trump of calling her "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Eating Machine" when she gained weight after winning the then-Trump-owned pageant -- Clinton worked through a list of the businessman's attacks on women, calling Trump a "bully." "You've got to ask, why does he do these things?" said Clinton. "Who acts like this? I'll tell you who, a bully, that's who." ABC's ADAM KELSEY and JOSH HASKELL have more. http://abcn.ws/2fbluI2

ABC's JOSH HASKELL and LIZ KREUTZ:

A senior Clinton campaign official spoke with reporters on a flight to Tampa, Florida and said the campaign doesn't see "any evidence" the FBI's review of new emails from Huma Abedin "has had an impact on our polling." When asked if we will hear Hillary Clinton talk emails today in Florida after she brought up the investigation twice in Ohio on Monday, the senior campaign official said, "No. I wouldn't expect that to be part of what she does every day. But obviously is something that has gotten a lot of attention and coverage in the last three days, so we did think it was important for her to address it because voters were hearing about it and put the right context with it. We felt we accomplished that yesterday and moving onto different issues." According to this campaign official, the FBI has not reached out to anybody in the campaign.