The Note: A Race About Race

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--TRACKING POLL -- TRUMP RATED MORE HONEST: Hillary Clinton trails Donald Trump for the first time this campaign in who’s seen as more honest and trustworthy, a sign of further possible fallout from renewed FBI scrutiny of Clinton-related emails. A steady six in 10 likely voters disapprove of how she’s responded to the issue. Given Clinton’s advantage in other areas, the race between them is now a precise dead heat in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, 46-46 percent. Notably, Trump has not gained significantly in being seen as more honest than Clinton. Rather her score has dropped by 7 points in this poll. Trump’s lead in honesty and trustworthiness raises the question of whether Clinton has been damaged by Comey’s announcement last Friday that the FBI was investigating additional emails that passed through her private server. ABC’s GARY LANGER, CHAD KIEWIET DE JONGE, SOFI SINOZICH and GREGORY HOLYK have more: http://abcn.ws/2fuFyrY

--ANALYSIS -- ABC’s RICK KLEIN: The race has, at some level, always been about race – and the closing days figure to be no exception. The New York Times is documenting a drop in black turnout that could be critical to Hillary Clinton’s efforts in Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio in particular. Clinton is promising a final pitch to Latino voters on the trail Wednesday, as she seeks to build a Clinton coalition that’s distinct from the other side. Meanwhile, Donald Trump finds himself endorsed by the KKK’s official newspaper, and white nationalists are preparing their own ground game on Trump’s behalf, according to Politico. Campaigns don’t need to own such efforts to benefit from them. The fact is the demographic makeup of the electorate is key to both sides’ coalitions – and neither is as confident as they’d like to be this week.

--BUYER’S REMORSE? TRUMP TELLS EARLY VOTERS TO CHANGE THEIR BALLOTS: Trump continued his push to secure support from the other side of the aisle Tuesday -- telling early voters that they can change their minds if they have "buyer's remorse." "This is a message for any Democratic voter who have already cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton and who are having a bad case of buyer's remorse," he told rally-goers in Eau Claire, Wisc. "In other words you want to change your vote." ABC’s JOHN SANTUCCI and CANDACE SMITH have more. http://abcn.ws/2e0fIv4

POST-ELECTION PREP

--WHAT A TRUMP WHITE HOUSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. Donald Trump may have been viewed as the long-shot candidate for parts of the 2016 presidential race, but now, in the final stretch, the gap between the former reality star and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appears to be shrinking. He’s talked a lot about how he wasn’t a politician before he started his campaign in June 2015. Now, if he wins on Nov. 8, he will arguably become the most important politician in the world. ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY notes what we know about what his possible transition into the White House might look like. http://abcn.ws/2e1HSWw

--WHAT A HILLARY CLINTON WHITE HOUSE MAY LOOK LIKE. The polls have ebbed and flowed throughout the race, and even early on when it appeared that Hillary Clinton was a frontrunner, she was careful not to speak about any plans for a possible return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The Clintons will be in uncharted territory for a number of reasons if the former secretary of state is elected -- the first woman president and a former president as her spouse -- but the terrain itself will be very familiar. ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY notes what we’ve gathered about what a second Clinton White House could look like. http://abcn.ws/2e1GtiM

--WHAT CLINTON AND TRUMP HAVE PLEDGED TO DO IN FIRST 100 DAYS AS PRESIDENT. The presidential election will be over in a week, but candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have for months laid out the major issues they want to tackle in their first 100 days as president. Throughout their campaigns, Clinton and Trump have made promises on key issues that matter to voters — health care, government reform and raising the minimum wage. Each expects to be very active during their first three months in the Oval Office. ABC’s ADAM KELSEY highlights what Trump and Clinton have promised to achieve in the first 100 days of their presidency: http://abcn.ws/2fe2sit

YESTERDAY ON THE TRAIL with ABC’s ADAM KELSEY and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI

TRUMP, PENCE SLAM OBAMACARE. After slamming the Affordable Care Act for weeks, Donald Trump appeared with his running mate, Gov. Mike Pence, in Pennsylvania, saying he intends ask Congress to meet specifically to repeal the law. "I will ask Congress to convene a special session so we can repeal and replace, and it will be such an honor for me, for you and for everybody in this country because 'Obamacare' has to be replaced," Trump said, write ABC’s JOHN SANTUCCI, INES DE LA CUETARA and CANDACE SMITH. "It's a catastrophe." Speaking in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pence spoke at length about the ACA. "'Obamacare,' the debacle previously known as 'Hillarycare,' was a government takeover of healthcare from the start, plain and simple," he said. http://abcn.ws/2ejVivi

CLINTON TALKS TRUMP'S TREATMENT OF WOMEN, DOESN'T DWELL ON EMAILS. In the battleground state of Florida, Hillary Clinton took aim at Donald Trump's treatment of women, reminding the public "what we have learned" about the Republican presidential candidate. Following an introduction by former Miss Universe Alicia Machado -- who accused Trump of calling her "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Eating Machine" when she gained weight after winning the then-Trump-owned pageant -- Clinton worked through a list of the businessman's attacks on women, calling Trump a "bully." "You've got to ask, why does he do these things?" said Clinton. "Who acts like this? I'll tell you who, a bully, that's who." ABC’s ADAM KELSEY and JOSH HASKELL have more. http://abcn.ws/2fbluI2

NEW ABC NEWS' ELECTORAL RATINGS -- OHIO FROM TOSSUP TO LEANS REPUBLICAN. In Ohio, Clinton has not held a statistically significant lead in the state in any polling there in nearly two months. Recent polling has shown a tight race. But early voting statistics have shown positive signs for Trump. ABC’s JOHN KRUZEL and RYAN STRUYK have more. http://abcn.ws/1U7c52f

TRUMP LAUNCHES AD BLITZ IN OPTIMISTIC BLUE STATE PITCH. The Trump campaign appears to be riding high and operating optimistically headed into the final week of the presidential campaign. The clearest sign of that comes in the form of a $25 million ad buy that includes new spots in Pennsylvania, Michigan and New Mexico, all of which are classified as leaning Democratic in the current ABC News state ratings, reports ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY. The only of those three states that has recent reputable polling is Pennsylvania, the latest of which has Clinton leading by six points in the Oct. 16 Quinnipiac survey. http://abcn.ws/2feugmX

IN THE NOTE’S INBOX -- ANTI-TRUMP SUPER PAC LAUNCHES NEW PARODY SITE ‘TRUMPLEAKS.’ The Not Who We Are campaign, an anti-Donald Trump super PAC, is launching a new site called, “TrumpLeaks,” which parodies the WikiLeaks website’s release of Clinton campaign chair’s John Podesta. The site shows fake emails sent from Trump that include real quotes from the Republican nominee. One such “TrumpLeaks” email has Trump’s quote from the last debate, where he called Clinton a “nasty woman.” “Whatever you think might be in any candidate’s missing emails, it certainly pales in comparison to the horrible things that have already been said in public by Donald Trump,” We Are campaign manager Josh Hendler said in a statement. “While the TrumpLeaks website is a parody site, there is nothing funny about the kind of bigoted campaign Trump has run.” http://trumpleaks.tumblr.com/

‘POWERHOUSE POLITICS’ PODCAST -- REPUBLICANS BETTER OFF LOSING BY LANDSLIDE, GEORGE WILL SAYS. George Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative journalist who ripped up his Republican card this year after Donald Trump’s nomination, says a narrow GOP defeat would be "the worst conceivable outcome" for the party. A landslide win for Clinton, the Washington Post columnist argued, would help the Republicans, giving the party room to distance itself from divisive candidates and from the "indignation industry," as he dubbed it, of talk radio and cable personalities. Speaking to ABC’s JONATHAN KARL and RICK KLEIN on the “Powerhouse Politics” podcast, Will said he was doubtful of a Republican win, ABC’s MELINA DELKIC writes. http://abcn.ws/2f7tXhc

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

A SPLIT ON POPULAR AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. As the presidential race tightens in the last week of the campaign, the prospect of a split decision between the Electoral College and popular vote appears to be growing. ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY explains: http://abcn.ws/2fBaDtt

WHO’S TWEETING?

@AaronBlake: Libertarian Party VP nominee Bill Weld basically just endorsed Hillary Clinton http://wpo.st/LHRA2 

@bykowicz: New overnight: Adelson-funded super PAC to spend $10 million on TV attacking Clinton as scandal-plagued http://apne.ws/2fE9zoG

@scottwongDC: NEWS: Black, Hispanic and Asian congressional caucuses lobby @HillaryClinton transition team on Cabinet picks http://thehill.com/homenews/news/303902-dem-allies-lobby-clinton-on-cabinet#.WBnd65EQhdg.twitter …

@joshledermanAP: Trump's new ad criticizes Clinton for her wealth, calls her "filthy rich" - I'm rubber and you're glue...

@TexasTribAbby: New means of coping with this election: Putting Friends in Netflix and pretending it's 1995.