The Note: Here We Go... Campaign Enters Final Stretch

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November 6, 2016

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Here We Go... Campaign Enters Final Stretch

New Poll: Clinton 48%, Trump 43% In 2016 Campaign's Closing Days

Advantages on qualifications and temperament are holding firm as Hillary Clinton's prime strengths in the presidential election, while weakness in her perceived honesty is keeping Donald Trump in the hunt in the campaign's final days. It's a 48-43 percent race between the two, with Clinton barely touching 48 percent by rounding in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll. ABC's GARY LANGER has more. http://abcn.ws/2fHiExO

Gop Chairman Reince Priebus Touts Trump's Momentum

Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus argued Sunday that the Trump campaign is surging in the final days of the presidential race. "I don't think we're fighting from behind. We've got the momentum," Priebus said on ABC News' "This Week," adding "we feel good." ABC's MEGHAN KENEALLY has more. "Momentum is everything you need, and there's no question that over the last week and a half Donald Trump has had an enormous amount of momentum," he said. Some recent polls have showed a tightening race in battleground states, but Hillary Clinton maintains a single-digit advantage nationally -- including in ABC News' latest tracking poll. Despite that advantage, Priebus argued there are several electoral college routes for Trump to reach the White House. http://abcn.ws/2fuMfWq

John Podesta Says Clinton Leaving 'Nothing To Chance' In Final Days Of Campaign

Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta says they're "leaving nothing to chance" in the final 48 hours of the presidential campaign. "We feel pretty good, but we're leaving nothing to chance. We're going to run through the tape, there's a lot of work to do between now and Tuesday when the polls close," Podesta said on ABC News' "This Week" Sunday. ABC's NICKI ROSSOLL has more. http://abcn.ws/2frn0Ib

Trump Protester At Center Of Security Scare Says He Held A 'Simple Sign'

The man whose protest at a Donald Trump rally in Nevada led the Secret Service to rush the GOP nominee offstage said he went to the event "with a simple sign" to "voice my displeasure with the nominee that the party picked." Austyn Crites, who said he is a registered Republican, said in an interview today with ABC News' "Good Morning America" that he held up a sign proclaiming "Republicans Against Trump" at the rally in Reno on Saturday. After he raised the sign, "of course there was the booing going on around me," Crites told "GMA." "Then a couple of guys started trying to violently rip the sign out of my hand, grabbing my arm, grabbing the sign … then all of a sudden I just got tackled by several people at once ... eventually the police came, and I was thankful for that." At some point, someone in the crowd apparently yelled "gun," according to a statement by the Secret Service, whose officers then rushed Trump offstage. http://abcn.ws/2fpe8QN

Nate Silver Predicts A Close 2016 Presidential Race

Election forecaster Nate Silver said on Sunday that Hillary Clinton is the clear favorite to be the next president, but argued the race is closer than most analysts are anticipating. "The electoral math is less solid for Clinton than it was for [President Barack] Obama four years ago," Silver said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News' "This Week." Silver became a prominent election forecaster during the 2008 election and his assessment of candidates electoral chances have been closely followed ever since. This year, his work has come under scrutiny because while his models show Clinton the favorite in the race, he is less bullish on her chances than other forecasters. ABC's MARGARET CHADBOURN has more. http://abcn.ws/2fuNg0l

Inside The Trump Campaign's Unusual Rise To The Top

The day Donald Trump kicked off his campaign is the day that perhaps best set the stage for his entire candidacy -- unpredictable, always a show, with a slew of controversial moments. In short -- it has been a campaign like no other. Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 was electric. The building that was always open to the public become home to a closed affair for supporters (some of whom were paid actors). Green laminated cards read "Special Announcement" with "TRUMP," written all in caps. And in just a few short minutes, Trump, with his wife by his side, glided down the golden escalator, a trip he would often refer to as "the famous escalator ride," and announced he was in. The guy from Queens who has toyed with the idea of running for president since the late 1980s, entered the ring. ABC's JOHN SANTUCCI has more. http://abcn.ws/2fQ5OfU