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Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to nine
points: Reuters/Ipsos
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 [June 22, 2016]
By Chris Kahn
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary
Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump has slipped by about
five percentage points since mid-June, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll
released on Tuesday, bringing the race for the White House to within
nine points.
The poll showed that 44.5 percent of likely voters supported
former secretary of state Clinton while 35.5 percent backed
businessman Trump. That compares with 46.6 percent support for
Clinton and 32.3 percent for Trump on June 12, a date that marked
her widest lead for the month.
Trump has focused much of his energy in recent days on the mass
shooting in Orlando, Florida by a U.S.-born gunman pledging
allegiance to Islamic State militant group. Trump vowed to ban
people from entering the United States from countries with links to
terrorism against America or its allies.
Hardline national security proposals have help Trump win increased
support from voters in the past, including after the shootings in
San Bernardino, California and Paris late last year.
Clinton responded to the Orlando attack by calling for increased
intelligence gathering and air strikes on Islamic State forces,
while warning against demonizing American Muslims. She has also
criticized Trump's positions on foreign policy and the economy,
saying a Trump presidency would be a "disaster".
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A combination photo shows U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican U.S. presidential candidate
Donald Trump (R) in Los Angeles, California on May 5, 2016 and in
Eugene, Oregon, U.S. on May 6, 2016 respectively. REUTERS/Lucy
Nicholson (L) and Jim Urquhart/File Photos
The June 17-21 poll of 1,100 likely voters has a credibility
interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3.4 percentage points.
(Editing by Alistair Bell)
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