The U.S. Presidential election is getting closer. The latest average of major polls shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by 3.3 percentage points, according to RealClearPolitics.com. On August 10, that same average of nine polls had Clinton up by 7.7 percentage points. A new poll Wednesday by CNN-ORC had Trump ahead by two points -- 45 percent to 43 percent -- among likely voters. Larry Sabato is director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. He said “The tightening is natural. Sabato said it is because the “bounce” Clinton received in polls after the Democratic Party convention in July has gone. Sabato said Clinton still leads in most of the important swing states that will decide the presidential election. Swing states are states where both Democrats and Republicans have a good chance of winning. “There's no guarantee she (Clinton) will win, but the odds currently favor her,” Sabato said.
Title: U.S. Presidential Race Tightens
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1366/race_tightens.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='U.S. Presidential Race Tightens' data-article-id='1854'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4896'>The U.S. Presidential election is getting closer.</span> <span data-start-time='4896' data-end-time='20104'>The latest average of major polls shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by 3.3 percentage points, according to RealClearPolitics.com.</span> <span data-start-time='20104' data-end-time='28479'>On August 10, that same average of nine polls had Clinton up by 7.7 percentage points.</span> <span data-start-time='28479' data-end-time='40875'>A new poll Wednesday by CNN-ORC had Trump ahead by two points -- 45 percent to 43 percent -- among likely voters.</span> <span data-start-time='40875' data-end-time='48938'>Larry Sabato is director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.</span> <span data-start-time='48938' data-end-time='53479'>He said “The tightening is natural.</span> <span data-start-time='53479' data-end-time='64271'>Sabato said it is because the “bounce” Clinton received in polls after the Democratic Party convention in July has gone.</span> <span data-start-time='64271' data-end-time='73583'>Sabato said Clinton still leads in most of the important swing states that will decide the presidential election.</span> <span data-start-time='73583' data-end-time='80875'>Swing states are states where both Democrats and Republicans have a good chance of winning.</span> <span data-start-time='80875' data-end-time='90250'>“There's no guarantee she (Clinton) will win, but the odds currently favor her,” Sabato said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1366/race_tightens.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7138 data-hint-location='73583' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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