Reuters: Hillary +12 In New National Poll

Via Reuters:

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 12 percentage points among likely voters, her strongest showing this month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The Aug. 18-22 poll showed that 45 percent of voters supported Clinton, while 33 percent backed Trump ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state, has led Trump, a New York businessman, throughout most of the 2016 campaign. But her latest lead represents a stronger level of support than polls indicated over the past few weeks. Earlier in August, Clinton’s lead over Trump ranged from 3 to 9 percentage points in the poll.

Clinton held a smaller lead in a separate four-way poll that included Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party. Among likely voters, 41 percent supported Clinton, while 33 percent backed Trump. Johnson was backed by 7 percent and Stein by 2 percent.

Also today there’s this:



Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican nominee Donald Trump in Florida, according to a new survey by Saint Leo University Polling Institute released Tuesday.

According to the poll, Clinton is favored by 48 percent of decided supporters and Trump is backed by 34 percent. The poll finds that Clinton and Trump are polling close among men, with Clinton taking a slight advantage, 45.3 percent to 44.5 percent.

Clinton leads the GOP nominee among women, 58.3 percent to 30.6 percent. The Democratic nominee also holds a lead among Hispanic voters, 70 percent to 23 percent. More than 90 percent of African-Americans polled support Clinton.