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The Aug. 14-18
survey showed 42 percent of Americans supported Clinton ahead of
the Nov. 8 general election. That compares with 34 percent
support for Trump. Another 23 percent of likely voters would not
pick either candidate.
Clinton has led Trump in the poll throughout most of the 2016
campaign, and has maintained her advantage following last
month's Republican and Democratic conventions. Since late July,
support for the former secretary of state has ranged between 41
percent and 44 percent of likely voters, while Trump's support
has varied between 33 percent and 39 percent.
The race was tighter at this point in the 2012 election, with
Democratic President Barack Obama ahead of Republican nominee
Mitt Romney by less than 2 percentage points.
Clinton also led a separate Reuters/Ipsos poll that asked people
to choose between Clinton, Trump, Libertarian candidate Gary
Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party. Some 41 percent
supported Clinton and 34 percent supported Trump. Among
alternative-party candidates, Johnson came in third with 7
percent and about 2 percent supported Stein.
Clinton and Trump have both struggled to inspire American voters
this year. According to the poll, neither candidate is regarded
favorably by most Americans, and two-thirds of U.S. adults
believe the country is on the wrong track.
Clinton continues to face questions about her handling of
classified emails while serving as Obama's secretary of state,
while Trump's off-the-cuff remarks about immigrants, women and
Muslims have rankled members of his own party.
Republican leaders, including former members of Congress, have
called for the Republican National Committee to stop helping
Trump and refocus its resources on helping candidates win
down-ballot races for the House of Representatives and the
Senate. Earlier this week, Trump reshuffled his campaign
leadership while his campaign chief, Paul Manafort, faced
increased scrutiny over his work with pro-Russian political
groups in the Ukraine. Manafort resigned on Friday.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English in all 50
states. It surveyed samples of 1,119 and 1,118 likely voters,
respectively, and has a credibility interval, a measure of
accuracy, of 3 percentage points.
(Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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