MINORITY VOTING – DANGER FOR HILLARY – AT 10:18 A.M. ET:   A drop in the black vote, detected in early-voting patterns, is a danger sign for Hillary in what looks like a very close election.  From CNN:

Washington (CNN) A dip in African-American turnout has knocked Democratic early voting numbers off their 2012 pace in key battleground states like North Carolina.

The trend is also evident in early vote data from other swing states that could play key roles in deciding the election, including Florida and Georgia.

More Latino voters, however, are among the more than 24.4 million American voters who have already cast their ballots -- including 12.4 million in battleground states -- according to a CNN analysis of the latest early voting numbers.

Republicans appear to be in better position than they were in previous presidential elections in Florida, Iowa, North Carolina and Ohio, while Democrats have improved their standing in Colorado and Arizona.

COMMENT:  It was anticipated that the African-American vote would decline because Obama isn't running.  Early voting figures are not necessarily predictive of voting on election day, however, as early voters tend to be more partisan.

We should know the whole story a week from today.

November 2, 2016