The race was tied last week after the Republican convention.
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Clinton leads the Republican real estate mogul by 46 to 42 per cent, according to the survey.
The new CBS News poll shows Clinton leading Trump by seven points after getting a four-point bump following her party’s convention.
It may be the dead of summer, but Hillary Clinton has sprung in the latest general election poll.
The board wrote that while it usually endorsed candidates closer to Election Day, it made an exception for the 2016 presidential race because the choice between Clinton and Trump was not merely political and to stand behind the Republican nominee would “repudiate the most basic notions of competence and capability”.
Voters who back a candidate remain firm in their support.
The “Never Trump” contingent can breathe 7% easier this week. Unfavorable views of Hillary Clinton have dropped six points: from 56 percent to 50 percent.
Over half of voters continue to hold an unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump. If persuadables reacted more favorably to the Democratic convention than to the Republican one, which Gallup’s numbers don’t tell us, then you may see her not only erase Trump’s bounce but widen her pre-convention lead. Hillary Clinton and the rainbow Democrats got off to a great start last night for the sprint to the November elections.
Clinton has gained support among women, liberals and white voters with college degrees.
Some 85 percent of people say they the U.S.is more politically divided than in the past. But he said if Clinton is elected she needs appoint Sanders supporters to key positions to make sure progressive policies are followed.
The survey of one thousand likely voters was conducted on July 28 and 31.
CBS News conducted the poll over the weekend by telephone among a random sample of 1,393 adults.
The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points.
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A Morning Consult national poll now finds Clinton ahead by 3 points.
