Who will be the president of the United States if the elections are held right now?

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In one week, two Republicans, one of whom was the main rival of Donald Trump, left the election race. Thus, the Republican Party is represented by the only candidate Donald Trump. Democrats are leading Hillary Clinton, who predict a victory over Bernie Sanders.

Considering such sharp turns, The New York Times decided to find out who would have won the presidential election if they were right now. The basis of the newspaper took opinion polls.

Survey results show that Hillary Clinton will win with a significant advantage: 347 electoral votes against 191. If you compare the percentage, then Trump is only 10 percent of the votes inferior to Clinton. The newspaper draws an analogy of the current situation with the election results of 2012, when Barack Obama won. This time Clinton won in the same states as Obama, plus in North Carolina. At the moment, Clinton is freely gaining 270 votes to become president.

The New York Times notes that if Trump succeeds before the presidential election in November, even by 5, to increase his popularity in every state, Clinton will not feel so confident. In this case, she will receive 285 votes, which are still enough to be elected to the highest post. Trump voted 253 elector.

But if the billionaire increases his popularity by 5 percent, he will surely become America’s next president. The result will be: 305 electoral votes for Trump and 233 for Clinton.

The publication recalls how in the 1980 year Jimmy Carter from the Democratic Party was ahead of Republican Ronald Reagan, but in the end, he lost to him with an 10-percent gap.

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