Donald Trump has moved ahead of Hillary Clinton in the most recent RealClearPolitics average of national polls, for the first time in nearly two months.
In the new average, compiled from national polls done July 11-24, Trump leads Clinton by 0.2 percentage points, or 44.1 percent to 43.9 percent.
From May 22-25, Trump also held a 0.2 percentage point lead over Clinton, before she went ahead by nearly 7 percentage points in late-June.
The bump in Trump’s support follows the Republican National Convention held last week in Cleveland, where the billionaire businessman formally accepted the GOP’s presidential nomination. During that time, Clinton also announced Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate.
Other recent national polls put Trump ahead of Clinton, including a CNN/ORC poll released Monday that has him ahead 3 points, and CBS News’ poll that puts him ahead 1 point.
The Democrats are in Philadelphia this week for their party’s nominating convention.
On July 25, 2015, Clinton led Trump by 17.8 percentage points, when Trump’s presidential campaign was barely a month old. Clinton announced in April 2015.
