Michigan Board of Canvassers deadlock on ballot recount, process moves forward next week

<p>It&#39;s finally time for U.S. voters to pick their next president. Here&#39;s what the most recent polls predict will happen on Election Day.</p><p>As of Monday afternoon,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/MonmouthPoll_US_110716/" target="_blank">national polls</a>&nbsp;showed Hillary Clinton with a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-state-of-the-race-the-day-before-election-day/" target="_blank">slight advantage</a>&nbsp;over Donald Trump. But Trump&nbsp;<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/07/fox-news-poll-results-11716.html" target="_blank">was still</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rklCDpOEK78Q/v0" target="_blank">the striking distance</a>&nbsp;of the margin of sampling error.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/the-history-behind-the-electoral-college/">The History Behind The Weird, Convoluted Way We Elect Presidents</a></b></p><p>Several&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html" target="_blank">poll aggregators say</a>&nbsp;Clinton&#39;s the odds-on favorite to win, though&nbsp;<a href="http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/" target="_blank">they&#39;re split</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href="http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2016/forecast/president" target="_blank">just how likely</a>&nbsp;a Clinton victory is.</p><p>According to a&nbsp;<a href=" http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_elections_electoral_college_map.html" target="_blank">RealClearPolitics map</a>, Trump will likely secure about 164 electoral votes, while Clinton should get at least 203 votes. That means heading into Election Day, there are still 171 electoral votes that could go either way.</p><p>Polling in major swing states is obviously still too close to call. But as of Monday afternoon, Clinton was barely ahead in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/pa/pennsylvania_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5964.html" target="_blank">Pennsylvania</a>, while Trump was doing marginally better in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/nc/north_carolina_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson-5951.html" target="_blank">North Carolina</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/oh/ohio_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5970.html" target="_blank">Ohio</a>.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/fl/florida_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5963.html" target="_blank">Florida</a>&nbsp;was on a knife&#39;s edge.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/why-isn-t-election-day-a-holiday/">Why Isn't Election Day A Holiday?</a></b></p><p><a href="http://cookpolitical.com/senate/charts/race-ratings" target="_blank">And 34 Senate seats</a>&nbsp;are up for grabs this election, giving Democrats a&nbsp;<a href="http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/senate/?ex_cid=2016-forecast" target="_blank">roughly 50-50</a>&nbsp;shot at taking control of the Senate back from the GOP. The whole House of Representatives is on the ballot, but Republicans&nbsp;<a href="http://cookpolitical.com/house/charts/race-ratings" target="_blank">are expected</a>&nbsp;to keep hold of their majority.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/philadelphia-transit-workers-strike-reaches-agreement/">This Strike Could&#039;ve Prevented Thousands Of People From Voting</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/democrats-take-trump-to-supreme-court-over-poll-monitoring/">Democrats Take Trump And His Push To Observe Voters To Supreme Court</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/fbi-won-t-press-charges-over-clinton-s-new-emails/">The FBI Won&#039;t Press Charges Over Clinton&#039;s New Emails</a></li></ul>