A new poll says Hillary Clinton got a significant bounce from the Democratic convention, confirming other polls that say Clinton has taken a sizable lead over Donald Trump.
The new Reuters/Ipsos poll published Wednesday said Clinton is now up 8 points over Trump, 43 percent-35 percent, a 6-point gain from the prior poll.
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The new poll was conducted in the days following the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last week at which Clinton officially accepted her party’s nomination.
Trump had enjoyed a bump in the polls of his own following the GOP convention late last month, when Reuters put him slightly ahead of Clinton for the first time since May. That lead has since diminished following both the Democrats’ convention and a slew of controversial Trump comments, including his ongoing feud with the parents of a slain Muslim U.S. soldier, who have continued to attack Trump in TV interviews.
The online poll of 1,289 likely voters was conducted July 28-Aug. 1, and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
