Battleground Poll: Clinton 42%, Trump 40%, debate will win it

The presidential race is likely locked in a dead heat for the rest of the election, and the only chance for a big breakout by Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first debate, according to the latest GW Battleground poll released Wednesday.

“We do not expect major movement in the ballot measurement of the presidential race, even as both the Trump and Clinton campaigns increase their paid media, and look to the presidential debates, particularly the first debate, to be the next and perhaps last opportunity to change the presidential landscape in any significant way,” said Republican pollsters Ed Goeas and Brian Nienaber.