Will the Presidential Election 2016 be Rigged?

Republican Candidate for President, Donald Trump, has been claiming for the last few weeks that the election will be "rigged".

The real estate mogul didn`t back down from his stance at the third Presidential Debate when asked by moderator Chris Wallace he if would accept the results of the election, refusing to respond in the affirmative before saying "I`ll keep you in suspense".

President Obama was quick to condemn Trump`s remarks saying "Of course the elections are not going to be rigged, what does that even mean?", before saying that Trump should stop "whining".

At the same time however, many on the democrat side have made claims that the russians are interfering in the election and may attempt to alter the result.

Latest Polls Trump vs Clinton July 30 2016

As the election campaign trundles on, the polling numbers between Trump and Clinton continue to fluctuate.

Following the RNC Trump briefly took the lead according to the RealClearPolitics running average of the last 10 polls at the beginning of this week. However since the conclusion of the DNC Clinton has wrestled back a slight advantage and now leads by 0.4%

RealClearPolitics : 7/18-7/29

Hillary Clinton  43.7%
Donald Trump 43.3%

If the numbers are really as close as these polls would suggest then we may have to wait until after the presidential debates in order to get a better idea of who will be the favorite to triumph in this year`s election.

Latest Polls Donald Trump July 26 2016

A new poll shows that Donald Trump has made up some ground on Hillary Clinton. The real estate mogul who has been trailing Clinton for months in national polls, pulled to within only 3 percentage points of the former First Lady and Secretary of State.

The online poll with a margin of error of 4 points, showed that Clinton has 41% support among likely voters compared to 38% for Trump.

This tightening of the race comes after Mike Pence was selected as Donald Trump`s running mate and the speeches at this year`s RNC.

On Monday the DNC begins and it will be the Democrat`s chance to "fight back" against Trump and the Republican Party. Voters will also get their first real look at Clinton`s VP pick, Tim Kaine.

According to the RealClearPolitics running average of all polls conducted between 5-20 July, Clinton maintains her lead over Trump, albeit a slight one 44 - 41.3 nationally.