Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump 42-35 up among likely voters nationally in the most recent Ipsos/Reuters tracking poll.
When third party candidates are included, Clinton leads Trump 39-36, with Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson polling at 7 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 3 percent.
The previous Ipsos/Reuters poll, released Aug. 17, showed Clinton ahead by five points among likely voters, 41-36, in the head-to-head matchup. Among likely voters in the four-way race, Clinton led Trump 39-36, with Johnson at 7 percent and Stein at 3 percent.
The Ipsos/Reuters tracking poll collected the responses of 1,049 likely voters nationally from Aug. 20-24.
TPM’s PollTracker Average shows Clinton ahead of Trump nationally 45.7 to 40.2.
