Donald Trump hits highest chance of winning 2016 election

Donald Trump has hit his highest chance of winning the 2016 election, according to FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver.

On Thursday Silver's "Polls-plus" projection gave the GOP nominee a 44.5% chance of winning the presidency over rival Hillary Clinton, his best chances of victory for the entire 2016 campaign.

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Source: InsideGov Graphiq

The site's latest projections now show the Republican nominee with a 42.4 percent chance at winning in November, nearly a 28 point increase from a month ago for the billionaire businessman.

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Trump's trend upward is also evident in the latest Real Clear politics average that has the GOP nominee at 43.5 percent and the former secretary of state stagnant at 45.4 percent. Trump's rise comes on the heels of Clinton's health scare at the 9/11 memorial, along with further controversy regarding her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state.

However it's not all bad news for Clinton, the former secretary of state continues to do well with high-income voters. According to a Bloomberg Politics poll Clinton is leading Trump 46 to 42 percent among voters with annual household incomes of $100,000 or more.

The tightening polls come just days before the highly-anticipated debates that are projected to break network view ratings across the board. The Commission on Presidential Debates has revealed the topics for the date to be "America's Direction," "Achieving Prosperity," and "Securing America."

The debate will start on Monday 9 p.m. and will run for 90 minutes without any commercial interruption.