Politics & Government

Watch: Hillary Clinton Rally in Coconut Creek, Florida

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is campaigning to keep her lead in the crucial battleground state of Florida.

COCONUT CREEK, FL — Democrat Hillary Clinton hit the ground running on the second full day of early voting in most counties across Florida. With a solid lead in Sunshine State polling, Clinton is hoping to win the state’s crucial 29 electoral college votes to help her secure a win Nov. 8.

A once neck-and-neck race in Florida has been transformed in the Democrat’s favor since a video was released that showed Republic Donald Trump making lewd comments about women. Although the video was about a decade old, the New York businessman has also been fending off allegations from women who say he touched them inappropriately.

Clinton, too, continues to face several scandals that broke in recent weeks. WikiLeaks dumped emails that were allegedly written by or sent to Clinton’s staff members. Among some of the revelations to come out of the WikiLeaks dumps are supposed excerpts from her Wall Street speeches. One email reportedly noted Clinton as saying, “you need to have a private and public position on policy.” Another spoke about open borders and open trade.

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The WikiLeaks dump has also brought a $12 million donation from Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to the Clinton Foundation under scrutiny. The Clinton campaign has denounced the WikiLeaks email release, saying the hack represents an effort by the Russian government to influence the American election.

As of Tuesday, Clinton was up by 3.8 percentage points in Florida, according to RealClear Politics. Her lead in the website’s national polling average had dropped one percentage point from Monday to 5.1 points on Tuesday.

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Clinton took the stage at Broward College’s Omni Auditorium at 2 p.m. Oct. 25. Doors for the event opened at 11:45 a.m. Watch Clinton’s rally below:

As Clinton took the stage in Coconut Creek, Trump had Tuesday appearances scheduled in Sanford and Tallahassee. He also made a Tampa stop on Monday night at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater. A crowd of more than 15,000 people turned out to watch Trump in Tampa. Bobby Bowden, Florida State University's legendary former football coach, made an appearance on Trump's behalf at the Tampa event.

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