US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s national lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump has shrunk to 5 points with the Election Day just two weeks away, a new poll shows. The former secretary of state has the support of 59 percent of likely voters, while the billionaire businessman has 44 percent support, according to the CNN/ORC survey released on Monday.

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson has 3 percent support among likely voters, while Green Party nominee Jill Stein has 2 percent support. Only one day before the release of CNN/ORC survey, Clinton was holding a 12-point lead over Trump nationally in the ABC News 2016 tracking poll.

With all three presidential debates now in the rear view mirror, Trump looks closing in on Clinton despite the fact that he has again denounced the polls which show him trailing behind Clinton as ineffective and “rigged”. Trump accused the Democratic Party of manufacturing fake polls to damage his presidential campaign but said that he’ll win regardless.

“Major story that the Dems are making up phony polls in order to suppress the Trump. We are going to WIN!” the real estate tycoon-turned-politician tweeted on Monday. He also tweeted, “Media in the tank for Clinton but Trump will win!” and “We are winning and the press is refusing to report it.”

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US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has maintained her lead against her Republican rival Donald Trump in the race to win the Electoral College, a new poll shows. Clinton has a better than 95 percent chance of winning the US presidency if the election was held this week, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project results released on Saturday.

The most likely outcome would be 326 votes for Clinton to 212 for Trump. A candidate needs a minimum of 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. US citizens do not directly elect the president or the vice president; instead they choose “electors”, who usually pledge to vote for particular nominees. The US Electoral College is the body that elects the American president and vice president every four years.

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US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has once again said that her Republican rival Donald Trump is “threatening” America’s democracy. Speaking at a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Saturday night, Clinton said that Trump’s suggestion that he would not concede if he lost the election is “a direct threat to our democracy.”

She said the US has always had a “peaceful transfer of power” and “that is the difference between the rule of law and the rule of strong men.” Clinton also said she was sick and tired of her rival’s campaign “denigrating America.” “Come on, give me a break,” she said. “This country has created more economic opportunity for anyone in the history of the world. We just have to get it spun up again.”

On Thursday, Trump said that he would have the right to challenge the outcome of the upcoming election if he felt it is “questionable,” adding that he might “contest or file a legal challenge.” In response, Clinton said Friday that “by doing that, he is threatening our democracy,” noting, “We know in our country the difference between leadership and dictatorship.”

Trump had been lagging behind the former secretary of state among likely voters for weeks.  However, Trump for the first time since the second debate topped Clinton in a poll this week. The candidate’s favorability has plunged over a 2005 video tape that showed him using obscene language against women.

In addition, a total of eleven women have come forward accusing the business mogul of sexually abusing them. Trump, however, has rejected all the accusations, and even said Saturday he would sue every one of his accusers after the election.

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