US 2016 Presidential Elections: Trump Just 1 Pt behind Clinton in Latest Poll

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The race for the White House narrowed noticeably on Sunday as Hillary Clinton sought to shake off a renewed FBI probe of her emails and Donald Trump blitzed western states nine days ahead of the vote.

An ABC News/Washington Post poll put the Democratic presidential candidate just one point ahead of her Republican challenger Donald Trump at 46-45 percent in a four-way race.

In Florida, which is a must-win for the tycoon, Trump overcame a one-point deficit in September to enjoy a four-point lead, according to a New York Times Upshot/Siena College Research Institute poll.

Clinton, who hit the ground hard Sunday, paid a two-day visit to the Miami in which she focused on encouraging early voting. According to her, a record 200 million Americans had registered to vote, 20 million of whom had already done so.

"We've got some big issues we've got to address, the last thing we need is somebody who is a loose cannon," she told New Mount Olive Baptist Church, swiping her rival in Fort Lauderdale.

But her campaign was jolted when FBI boss James Comey wrote to lawmakers Friday announcing that his agents are reviewing a newly discovered trove of emails, resurrecting an issue Clinton had hoped was behind her.

"We cannot get distracted by all the noise in the political environment, we've got to stay focused," she said. "The best way to repudiate a negative, hateful, bigoted vision is by voting."

However, Trump jumped on the fresh controversy campaigning in Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico on Sunday, when he told a Las Vegas rally that "her criminal action was willful, deliberate, intentional and purposeful."

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