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Nearly 41 percent
of likely voters favor Clinton, 35 percent favor Trump, and 25
percent picked "Other," according to the new July 25-29 online
poll of 1,043 likely voters, which overlapped with the
Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
The poll has a credibility interval of 4 percentage points.
The presidential tracking poll reflects a slight change of
wording from previous surveys, replacing the “Neither/Other”
option given to respondents with just “Other.” An internal
review had found the word “Neither” has, at times, siphoned
support away from one or the other candidate. [nL4N1AB4I6]
Former Secretary of State Clinton delivered an upbeat keynote
address at the Democratic convention on Thursday night, as she
became the first woman to accept the presidential nomination
from a major party. [nL1N1AD041]
In the biggest speech of her more than 25-year-old career in the
public eye, Clinton, 68, cast herself as a steady leader at a
"moment of reckoning" for the country, and contrasted her
character with what she described as Trump's dangerous and
volatile temperament.
Trump, a 70-year-old New York businessman and former reality TV
show host who has never held political office, responded in a
Twitter post late on Thursday that "Hillary's vision is a
borderless world where working people have no power, no jobs, no
safety."
Both candidates were on the campaign trail on Friday, kicking
off what is expected to be a hotly contested general election
battle.
A separate Reuters/Ipsos survey that provided respondents with
the option to choose from Clinton, Trump, Libertarian candidate
Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, has Clinton
and Trump tied at 37 percentage points.
Of the alternative party candidates, Johnson came in third with
5 percentage points, followed by Stein at 1 percentage point,
according to the July 25-29 survey of 1,426 likely voters, which
has a credibility interval of 3 percentage points.
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