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Some 44 percent
of likely voters said they would support Clinton, while 39
percent said they would support Trump, according to the Oct.
26-30 survey. Clinton had held a 6 point advantage over Trump in
the five-day tracking poll last Thursday.
Other polls have shown Clinton's lead slipping more sharply.
Real Clear Politics, which averages the results of most major
polls, shows that Clinton's lead has declined from 4.6 points on
Friday to 2.5 points on Monday.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey told
Congress in a letter made public on Friday that his agency was
looking into new emails that may be connected to Clinton, who
had been probed by the FBI over her use of a private server and
how she handled classified information while America's top
diplomat.
The FBI has revealed very little to the public about the new
emails under investigation, except that they were uncovered
during an unrelated investigation into the estranged husband of
a top Clinton aide.
In July, Comey concluded that Clinton and her staff were
"extremely careless" with their handling of classified
information, but that there was not enough evidence to bring
criminal charges. On Friday, Comey told Congress, "We don't know
the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails."
In a separate poll that included alternative-party candidates,
43 percent supported Clinton, while 37 percent supported Trump,
6 percent supported Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and 1
percent supported Jill Stein of the Green Party.
The polling determines likely voters according to a number of
factors including voting history, registration status and stated
intention to vote. It assumes that 60 percent of eligible
Americans will vote. The result of the 2016 election will vary
greatly depending on how many voters actually cast a ballot.
Currently, Clinton leads Trump in both high and low turnout
scenarios, according to the latest poll. Her advantage holds at
5 points if 55 percent of eligible voters participate, and it
rises to 6 points if 70 percent of Americans cast a ballot.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English in all 50
states. It included 1,264 people who were considered likely
voters under the assumption that 60 percent of eligible voters
would participate. The poll has a credibility interval, a
measure of accuracy, of 3 percentage points.
(Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Leslie Adler)
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