Elections weighs on the minds of U.S. voters

Record ID: 80107

  • Title: Elections weighs on the minds of U.S. voters
  • Date: 6th November 2016
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 6, 2016) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF TIMES SQUARE TICKER READING: "Enquirer shielded Donald Trump from Playboy model's affair allegation." VARIOUS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS STANDING OUTSIDE POLICE CAR PEOPLE WALKING DOWN STREET STORE FRONT WITH ELECTIONS THEMED SOUVENIRS IN WINDOW DISPLAY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE DONALD TRUMP, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE HILLARY CLINTON, AND U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BOBBLEHEADS EXTERIOR OF SOUVENIR SHOP HILLARY CLINTON T-SHIRT CLINTON AND TRUMP T-SHIRTS HANGING IN STORE DONALD TRUMP T-SHIRT (SOUNDBITE) (English) VOTER, THOMAS HARD, SAYING: "Regardless of whoever is president, whatever their agenda is, they've both got their agendas. For people like me, it's not going to change that much. The average person in America, the only thing that might change, you might get a little more taxes to pay or a little less to pay, but basically everything is going to stay the same." PERSON TAKING PHOTO OF TRUMP TOWER FROM ACROSS THE STREET VARIOUS OF SECURITY OUTSIDE TRUMP TOWER PEOPLE WALKING TOWN STREET (SOUNDBITE) (English) VOTER, MEREDITH (DIDN'T GIVE LAST NAME), SAYING: "I'm worried about the policy in terms of military, that's the main thing that I'm concerned with right now. So, if Donald wins, that's one thing I'm not for in terms of that. I'm also concerned about our country in terms of our finances, financial wealth, also healthcare and everything else that we stand for. So as a Democrat, I'm with her and not with Donald Trump." VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF THE JACOB K. JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER WHERE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE WILL HOLD HER ELECTION NIGHT EVENTS FLAGS OUTSIDE JAVITS CENTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) VOTER, SHERIDAN CLAYBORNE, SAYING: "I think it probably going to be Hillary Clinton. A lot of stuff that Trump is saying just seems a little bit too crazy for my taste, so my guess is on Hillary Clinton." POLICE OFFICER DIRECTING TRAFFIC CLINTON SOUVENIR IN STORE FRONT SOUVENIRS IN STORE FRONT WINDOW TRUMP STATUE NEXT TO ONE OF THE POPE TRUMP AND CLINTON SOUVENIRS AMONG OTHERS
  • Embargoed: 21st November 2016 17:15
  • Keywords: United States election voting Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Democrats Republicans
  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
  • City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA00157B3K93
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The upcoming election weighed on voters minds on Sunday (November 6), just two days before the United States chooses its new president.
    Signs of Tuesday's (November 8) election were everywhere in New York's Times Square as souvenir shops displayed everything from bobbleheads to t-shirts featuring Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her opponent Republican nominee Donald Trump.
    Standing outside one of the shops, New Yorker Thomas Hard he didn't expect any changes no matter who won.
    "Regardless of whoever is president, whatever their agenda is, they've both got their agendas. For people like me, it's not going to change that much. The average person in America, the only thing that might change, you might get a little more taxes to pay or a little less to pay, but basically everything is going to stay the same," he said.
    Both Clinton and Trump will hold their Election Night rallies in New York.
    Voter Sheridan Clayborne said he expected Clinton to win.
    "I think it probably going to be Hillary Clinton. A lot of stuff that Trump is saying just seems a little bit too crazy for my taste, so my guess is on Hillary Clinton," he explained.
    The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Clinton with a 5 percentage point lead over Trump in the national survey - 44 percent to 39 percent support - while races in the swing states of Florida, North Carolina have shifted from Clinton's control to being too close to call. The Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project estimates that Clinton has a 90 percent chance of winning the election.
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