Poll: Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 8 percentage points nationally
Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump nationally by 8 percentage points among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey released Friday.
The poll found 42 percent of people in the U.S. back Clinton while 34 percent support Trump. Nearly a quarter of likely voters said they would not pick Clinton or Trump.
The margin is wider than at this point in the 2012 presidential election when President Obama led then-GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney by less than 2 percentage points, Reuters notes.
A separate Reuters poll found that in a four-way race, 41 percent of likely voters would back Clinton, 34 percent would support Trump, 7 percent would support Libertarian Gary Johnson and 2 percent would back Stein.
Since late July, Reuters said support for the Democratic presidential nominee has ranged between 41 percent and 44 percent among likely voters. Support for Trump has ranged from 33 percent to 39 percent.
Most people surveyed also said they view both Clinton and Trump unfavorably and two-thirds said they think the U.S. is on the wrong track.
Other recent polls show Clinton leading nationally and in several swing states.
The poll surveyed samples of 1,119 voters and 1,118 voters between August 14 and 18 with a 3 percentage point margin of error.
