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About 42 percent
of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump's 39 percent,
according to the July 31-Aug. 4 online poll of 1,154 likely
voters. The poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3
percentage points, meaning that the results suggest the race is
roughly even.
Among registered voters over the same period, Clinton held a
lead of five percentage points, down from eight percentage
points on Monday, according to the poll.
The reasons behind the shift were unclear.
Clinton had pulled well ahead of Trump on the heels of the
Democratic National Convention last week, where she became the
first woman to accept the U.S. presidential nomination from a
major political party.
Since then, Trump has engaged in a days-long feud with the
family of an American soldier killed in Iraq and squabbled with
the Republican leadership over his comments and leadership
turmoil within his campaign.
Trump, in recent days, however, has sought to refocus. On Friday
he announced his economic policy advisory team, said he would
deliver an economic policy speech early next week, and was
expected to endorse U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul
Ryan, the top U.S. elected Republican, who is seeking his 10th
term in Congress.
An average of polls aggregated by Real Clear Politics showed
Clinton ahead of Trump by 6.8 percentage points on Friday, up
from 3.9 on Aug. 1.
(Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Leslie Adler)
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