US presidential polls latest update: Election forecasts favor Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a wide margin

Jardine Malado Monday, October 24, 2016

As election day nears, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is still favored to win in the latest election forecasts from different organizations.

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton poses for a picture during a campaign event in Cleveland, Ohio U.S., October 21, 2016. | REUTERS/Carlos Barria

FiveThrityEight predicts that Clinton has an 86 percent chance of winning while Trump only has 13.9 percent. The former U.S. Secretary of State is expected to take 340.1 of the electoral votes against Trump with 197. She is leading against Trump when it comes to the popular vote at 49.6 to 43.2 percent.

The forecast from Upshot shows Clinton with a 93 percent chance of winning the elections against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump who only has 7 percent.

The Democratic candidate's chances increased in several states including Arizona, Texas, Georgia, New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina and Minnesota. Trump's chances increased slightly in Ohio and Iowa.

Other forecasts also reveal that Clinton will most likely win the election. She has a 93 percent chance of winning in the forecast by Huffington Post. She got 91 percent from PredictWise, 95 percent from the Daily Kos and 99 percent from Princeton Election Consortium.

Clinton is also favored in most polls. In the Scholastic Student Vote, Clinton is leading against Trump at 52 to 35 percent. The latest results from Reuters/IPSOS show that she is ahead by almost 5 points at 44.2 to 39.5 percent.

The ABC News tracking poll shows that she has a 12 point lead in a four-way poll against Trump, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein. Trump and Clinton are tied at 44 percent, according to the LA Times/USC tracking poll.

Clinton beats Trump by 6 points at 45.2 to 39.2 percent in the USA Today poll tracker.

On the state level, Trump is leading in Louisiana by 11.5 points. Other states where Trump is ahead include Arkansas, South Carolina, Missouri, Utah, Georgia, Texas, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio.

The election will be held on Nov. 8 but more than four million have already voted in advance, according to a study conducted by Pew Research Center. The survey predicts that as many as 50 million could cast their ballots before election day.