Poll: Clinton expands lead over Trump

By Kelly Cohen

Published June 28, 2016 11:25am ET

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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.

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