Early Democrat voters in Ohio dismiss Clinton e-mail investigation

• By Matt Williams: Washington News Editor

Cuyahoga County in Ohio contains the city of Cleveland and has a population of around 1.2m.

Despite this sizable constituency it only has one polling station open for early voting and on this particular Sunday it was doing good business with over 500 people an hour filtering through it.

The County has been the most reliable for Democratic Presidential candidates in Ohio for the past 7 elections so it's no surprise to find an overwhelmingly support level for Hillary Clinton here.

Every single person we spoke to over a period of an hour supported the Democratic nominee and dismissed the latest allegations.

First off was Barbara Truitt who emerged from the polling station and told us "I think it's a very poor decision to release that information at this point just prior to the election. It has no bearing on her election or her campaign.

"I think that the voters that are voting for the future and hope and love is stronger than hate and that's the direction our country needs to go in."

Mike Murray rested against a set of railings outside and despite having no hesitation voting early for Hillary seemed pretty fed up with the whole affair.

He said: "I guess I'm pretty tired of this campaign, there's a lot of negativity. It might be damaging for her but it didn't sway my opinion at all. The e-mail scandal didn't do too much for me.

"To me it's still a pretty easy decision, i like how much experience she has with foreign policy and other issues. I really hope she wins. I'll be happy when this whole thing is over but hopefully with her at president."

Lee Levitz who was on his way into the building to vote with his wife told us: "Initially I thought it would damage her somewhat but since the FBI has no idea what's in the e-mails, they haven't even looked at them they should have no bearing on the election at this point."

Katie Neuendorf didn't want to talk on camera at first but having cast her vote for for Hillary came and found us afterwards to make her point.

"I know for me it doesn't affect anything at all, she has had a wealth of experience. For me I think when you look at a candidate you have to know you're not going to like everything about them," she told us.

"She's been scrutinized to a level to that I don't know who else has and at the end of that she still stands up for this country and some ideals that I really believe in and at the end of the day I'm voting for my ideals."

Finally we came across another Hillary supporter Nancy Stroman who was exasperated when I asked her if she had kept across events of the past 2 days.

"I'm shocked but not surprised," she said. "I think this is the worst Presidential run for the United States.

"Saying that, our representatives have to make decisions that aren't favorable, I trust most of the decisions she's made."

When it came to a straight choice between Clinton and Trump, there was no hesitation and she felt the majority in the US felt the same. "I strongly believe that there are more against Donald Trump than Hillary and I think common sense will succeed.

"I think people truly want what's best for the country. They've been talking about the e-mails since the start of the race, the e-mails means nothing to me, I don't even now if they're real?

"I take seriously what Donald has done, we saw that with it eyes and our ears, how he speaks about women, that's fact."