It was the battleground state that swung it for George W Bush in 2004 and, once again, Ohio looks to be taking center stage in a tightening presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Ohio is a must-win state for Trump, but not for Clinton, and the latest poll may well just prove to be an outlier – only a week earlier another poll had Clinton ahead in Ohio by seven points. A new national poll, conducted by Ipsos for Reuters, showed a dead heat between Clinton and Trump, down from a two-point lead for the Democrat in its past few surveys. Likely voters asked to choose between the two frontrunners or Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Jill Stein placed Trump and Clinton neck-and-neck at 39% each. His national lead was four points among independents.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2016 18:13 UTC