A new poll shows Hillary Clinton getting a slight bump across key battleground states following the Democratic convention, which wrapped up Thursday.
The poll, released Sunday by CBS News and performed Friday and Saturday, found that Clinton is up 43 percent to GOP nominee Donald Trump at 41 percent in the hotly contested states. The poll was based on 2,211 interviews conducted in 11 battleground states that include Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Iowa.
A prior CBS battleground poll last week showed Trump ahead 42-41 percent, as Trump experienced his own bounce after the end of the GOP convention last week.
“Clinton firmed up her Democratic base, but the continued tightness of the race, and the relatively moderate bumps each candidate has gotten, only add to the portrait of a highly partisan election in which most voters’ opinions remain fixed,” CBS News said.
About 40 percent of those surveyed said they liked how Democrats described the state of things in America today during their convention, but 45 percent disliked it, CBS said. This includes most independents, many of which are “voting for Donald Trump,” CBS added. The Democrats sought to portray a relatively upbeat vision of America, contrasting with Republicans who had focused on the problems they say have been caused by President Obama.
Another 54 percent of those surveyed said they also didn’t hear enough about bringing change to Washington.
The poll was conducted online by YouGov, an online polling organization, and had a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
