When third-party candidates were included, Clinton polled at 43 percent, Trump at 38 percent, and Libertarian Gary Johnson at 10 percent, when including leaning voters.
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The new CBS News poll shows Clinton leading Trump by seven points after getting a four-point bump following her party’s convention.
The poll found that 46 percent of voters said they’d support Clinton come the November general election, compared with 39 percent support for Republican nominee Donald Trump. It restores the lead she held back in June, when she was up over Trump by 43 to 37 per cent.
With their conventions behind them, both candidates are hitting the campaign trail this week, with Clinton bussing through OH and Pennsylvania to try to counteract Trump’s plan to capture the White House with a play to the Rust Belt. Morning Consult found Clinton led Trump by three points.
Clinton also overtook Trump in the RealClearPolitics national polling average, with 45% support compared with Trump’s 43%. Unfavorable views of Hillary Clinton have dropped six points: from 56 percent to 50 percent.
Her lead among women continues to grow, but Trump still has more support among men.
CBS News noted Clinton’s 4-point bounce is similar to those President Barack Obama saw after the Democratic conventions in 2008 and 2012 but short of the 13-point jump seen for her husband Bill Clinton in 1992.
Trump maintains his advantage among whites without a college degree, while Clinton has an edge among whites with a degree.
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Clinton did see a rise in support among the supporters of her one-time Democratic competition, Vermont Sen. The margin of error for the sample of registered voters is three points.
