Hillary Clinton has widened her national lead over Donald Trump to 8 points, her largest since people were first asked about the hypothetical general election matchup on May 2, according to a new poll.
In a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey weekly election tracking poll released Tuesday, Clinton won 49 percent from registered voters to Trump’s 41 percent. Last week, Clinton had a lead of 6 points — 48-42.
Another 10 percent had no answer when asked, “If the 2016 presidential election were held today among the following candidates [Clinton, Trump], for whom would you vote?”
Though there is chatter that the Republican Party may do everything it can to upend the Trump nomination and pick someone else at next month’s convention, the poll found 67 percent of Republicans and Republican leaners polled said they would have the delegates nominate Trump at the convention.
However, 30 percent said they would open the Republican National Convention and pick another candidate.
Clinton continues to do well among white voters and millennials. Since last week, the presumed Democratic nominee has gained an 8-point boost among voters 18-24 years old, and now leads Trump 68-25 in that slice of the population.
Trump leads among white voters, but Clinton has whittled away at his lead. Last week he had a 12 point advantage, but this week he has an 8 point advantage, 49-41.
Trump continues to have the strongest support from white evangelicals. He leads Clinton by 53 points this week in that demographic, 72-19.
The online poll of 6,556 adults aged 18 or over includes 5,818 who say they are registered to vote. The June 20-26 poll carries a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points.
