Trump leads Clinton after Republican convention
Donald Trump got a bounce from the Republican National Convention, jumping out in front of Hillary Clinton in a new CNN/ORC International poll released Monday, conducted in the days following the party gathering.
Trump leads Clinton 48 percent to 45 percent in a two-way matchup, compared with the presumptive Democratic nominee’s seven-point advantage (49 percent to 42 percent) in the CNN/ORC poll conducted the previous week.
In a four-way matchup with Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Trump’s advantage actually increases to 5 points—44 percent to 39 percent, while Johnson earned 9 percent and Stein 3 percent. The previous four-way survey found Clinton with a five-point lead over Trump, 42 percent to 37 percent, while Johnson had 13 percent and Stein 5 percent.
Trump gained significantly with independent voters. Before the convention, 34 percent said they supported Clinton, while 31 percent backed Trump. But in the survey, which entered the field on Friday, 46 percent said they back Trump, 28 percent for Clinton, 15 percent for Johnson and 4 percent for Stein. Read more at Politico.
