Source: POLITICO
Hillary Clinton holds a 7 percentage-point head-to-head advantage over Donald Trump in the latest national Suffolk University/USA Today poll out Thursday, leading by the same margin in a four-way matchup as well.
The Democratic nominee earned the support of 48 percent of the 1,000 likely voters surveyed by landlines and cellphones from Aug. 24 to Aug. 29, with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Trump, meanwhile, earned 41 percent, nearly the same share both candidates earned in a Fox News poll released Wednesday evening but conducted over a shorter time period of Sunday through Tuesday.
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The margin is also consistent with the 7-point lead Clinton held over Trump in the latest Monmouth University national poll, conducted Aug. 25 through Sunday.
Trump, who has usually outperformed Clinton among men, clings to a 1-point edge over the former secretary of state, 44 percent to 43 percent. And among women, Clinton leads by 16 points — 54 percent to 38 percent.
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