Hillary Clinton pulled ahead of Republican nominee Donald Trump by six points nationally following the Democratic National Convention, according to a CBS poll released Monday.
The Democratic nominee led 47-41 in the poll including leaning voters taken in the three days immediately following the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
The new CBS survey showed Clinton with a 46-39 lead when respondents who were leaning in favor of one of the candidates weren’t included.
When third-party candidates were included, Clinton polled at 43 percent, Trump at 38 percent, and Libertarian Gary Johnson at 10 percent, when including leaning voters.
Trump had a single-point lead, 44-43, in the CBS poll released last week after the Republican convention in Cleveland.
A Morning Consult poll released Sunday also showed Clinton ahead of Trump following the Democratic convention, 43-40. The Morning Consult poll reversed Trump’s four-point lead following the Republican convention.
The CBS poll surveyed 1,131 registered voters by telephone nationally from July 29-31, with a margin of error of plus or minus three points.
Trump: I am not too worried. Putin has promised to have a periodic release of Crooked HIllary’s emails. I will then be perpetually ahead.
It’s hard to believe that it isn’t more like 20 points. I don’t understand how anyone can support Trump.
I suspect it’s still a few days too early for the Khan affair to show its effect on the poll results.
Six points after attacking the family of a slain US soldier who died in action. Pathetic!
Polls show that over 40% of Americans are happy with the idea of a authoritarian personality being President. Trump is such a personality. If Trump was attentive enough to have a thought out political philosophy it would most likely be fascism. But since he doesn’t I am not sure what to call “Trumpism” except maybe stupid fascism.