Hillary Clinton surged to an eight point lead over Donald Trump coming out of the Democratic convention, according to the national NBC News/Survey Monkey weekly tracking poll released on Tuesday.
Clinton’s lead jumped by seven points, from a 46-45 lead over Trump last week to a 50-42 lead this week.
Clinton also leads Trump when third party candidates are added to the question. It was Clinton 42, Trump 38, Libertarian Gary Johnson 9 and Green Party candidate Jill Stein 4.
Clinton also saw a convention bump in a CNN/ORC poll released on Monday. She led Trump by nine points, reversing his three point lead following the Republican convention.
NBC News/Survey Money polled 12,742 registered voters online July 25-31 with a margin of error plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
