Hillary Clinton took a six-point lead over Donald Trump in a new Morning Consult-Politico tracking poll out Monday, earning 42 percent to the real estate mogul’s 36 percent. This sizable lead represents a dramatic reversal from the pre-debate tracking poll, which had Trump leading Clinton by 1 percent.
In a four-way race, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson took 9 percent of the vote, the Green Party’s Jill Stein took 2 percent, and 10 percent of voters remained undecided.
With five weeks to go before Election Day, the Democratic nominee opened up a slightly wider lead in a head-to-head race, taking 46 percent of the vote to Trump’s 39 percent.
The days since Morning Consult-Politico’s last poll, in which Trump lead Clinton 39-38 percent, have been tumultuous for the real estate mogul. Despite declaring himself the winner of the first presidential debate, political observers and scientific polls overwhelmingly reported that Clinton outperformed him. Bristling at the criticism, Trump spent the last week lashing out at Commission on Presidential Debates for providing him with a “bum mic,” criticizing the weight gain of former Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado, and attacking Clinton over her husband’s sex scandals.
TPM’s PollTracker Average has Clinton leading Trump 46.9 percent to 44 percent.
The latest Morning Consult-Politico poll was taken online between Sept. 30-Oct. 2 among 1,778 likely voters. The margin of error was 2 percentage points.
