But after nominating conventions the past weeks, a new poll bared that the two are in a virtual tie in the presidential race that includes Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian bet Gary Johnson. That 5-point lead represents a strong starting point for Clinton heading into the fall campaign season, but a CNN Poll of Polls earlier in the month averaging polls conducted in the week after Clinton’s convention in Philadelphia found the Democrat ahead by 10 points, 49% to 39%.
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The CNN Poll of Polls averages results for the five most recent publicly released national polls that meet CNN’s standards for publication.
Like the other national polls, the Reuters/Ipsos poll also bared Clinton neck and neck with Trump.
Labor Day used to the be the traditional kickoff for campaign season, marking the end of summer and beginning of the three-month sprint to Super Tuesday. Right now he is polling as high as 11 percent.
Clinton is favored by 48 percent of likely voters, and Trump is backed by 41 percent.
This ranks them as the two most unpopular U.S. presidential nominees in more than 30 years. Just days ago Trump reshuffled his campaign staff just as he tries to recalibrate his message for the general election, in which his tough stance on immigration may be more of a liability than it was in the Republican primary.
She has also come under fire for using a private server to exchange thousands of work-related emails during her tenure as secretary of state.
Hillary Clinton’s net favorability rating is plus-39. The main super PAC backing Clinton, Priorities USA Action, has spent $44.0 million so far, compared with only $12.8 million from the highest-spending super PAC supporting Trump, Rebuilding America PAC.
The polls are not the only factors that determine support for a candidate, especially in a race like this one. The margin-of-error for both samples – the registered voters and likely voters – is 3.4 percentage points.
But as CBS2’s Tony Aiello reported, Clinton slipped behind Republican nominee Donald Trump in a poll out on Thursday.
The poll found 80 percent of Trump supporters and 62 percent of Clinton supporters say they would feel “scared” if the other candidate wins in November.
Because the poll is conducted online and individuals self-select to participate, a margin of error can not be calculated.
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But among Clinton supporters, younger voters are much less likely than older ones to say their vote is in favor of Clinton.
