Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to less than three points: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Sat Aug 6, 2016 8:38am EDT
By Grant Smith

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday.

About 42 percent of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump's 39 percent, according to the July 31-Aug. 4 online poll of 1,154 likely voters. The poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points, meaning that the results suggest the race is roughly even.

Among registered voters over the same period, Clinton held a lead of five percentage points, down from eight percentage points on Monday, according to the poll.

The reasons behind the shift were unclear.

Clinton had pulled well ahead of Trump on the heels of the Democratic National Convention last week, where she became the first woman to accept the U.S. presidential nomination from a major political party.

Since then, Trump has engaged in a days-long feud with the family of an American soldier killed in Iraq and squabbled with the Republican leadership over his comments and leadership turmoil within his campaign.

Trump, in recent days, however, has sought to refocus. On Friday he announced his economic policy advisory team, said he would deliver an economic policy speech early next week, and was expected to endorse U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, the top U.S. elected Republican, who is seeking his 10th term in Congress.

An average of polls aggregated by Real Clear Politics showed Clinton ahead of Trump by 6.8 percentage points on Friday, up from 3.9 on Aug. 1.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKCN10G2BQ

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Believe me folks. Trump's got this, if we've got his back.

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The reasons behind the shift were unclear.

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Really? You mean your little scam to change your methods in the middle of a Presidential race, 100 days before the General Election, after more than 15 months of polling under another method, isn't working out for you??!!

Well, shucky dern.

Just imagine what the numbers would be if you changed it back to your other method, the one you've used for over 5 years. Hell, Trump might be ahead by 10 points and wouldn't have had to endorse people he didn't want to.

You creeps are messing with our due process for fair elections. This is what Trump is talking about when he says the "election may be rigged". It's rigged by all types of sleazy maneuvers by those who oppose him.

GO TRUMP GO!! America is behind you!! We want you, want your policies, want your judgment and need your leadership "style". We're sick of these "kiss ass" all talk, no action politicians selling US out every chance, by every ways and means, they can find a buck to fund.

SAVE AMERICA!!

VOTE FOR DONALD J TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!

Jean, thank you so much for posting this article today. It really lifted my spirits!!

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You are welcome Judy. Long way until November, going to be very interesting. Don't understand why more people don't want to make a big change from our corrupt political system and vote for someone other than heavily politically connected as Hillary. Then again apparently many would vote for Mickey Mouse if there was a 'D' by the name.

It's the lies they're telling about Trump. Once that's all put to bed and the people see he's not a racist, not a bigot, not a misogynist, not a xenophobe, not insane, not crazy and can be trusted with our national security and nuclear codes, he'll win in a landslide.

That's why it's so important we all have his back, all the time, all day, every day.