Hillary Clinton leads by five points in the latest national poll from Quinnipiac University, but Donald Trump edges closer to her lead when third party candidates are included.
Clinton leads Trump, 48-43, among likely voters polled throughout the US.
Her lead decreases dramatically when including third party candidates, to 41-39, with Libertarian Gary Johnson polling at 13 percent and the Green Party’s Jill Stein at 4 percent.
This latest poll marks a decrease in Clinton’s lead nationally since Quinnipiac polled in August, where she led Trump by 10 points, 51-41.
In August, Clinton led by seven points, 45-38, with Johnson at 10 percent and Stein at 4 percent, in the four-way race.
The Quinnipiac national poll was conducted Sept. 8-13 among 960 likely voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average shows Clinton leading Trump, 45.9 to 42.5.
Jill Stein voters may think they’re making some righteous stand against the “establishment”, but, in reality, they are giving Trump a leg up.
Any so-called progressive or Democrat who votes for Johnson or Stein is voting for Trump. This is why I’ve never trusted ReaLiberals. They’ll sell minorities up and down the river because they didn’t get their way. They were never on our side and they never will be.
Johnson is such a doofus that he makes Trump look Presidential.
His level of support is shocking.
Johnson doesn’t see global warming as an issue.
State polls matter more, and so far Trump is no threat to take any blue state away from HC.