Clinton’s lead over Trump widens

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has widened her lead in national polls over rival Donald Trump, as the Republican candidate reels from a public feud with the parents of a slain Muslim American soldier

Presidential preference, head to head

Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine

Donald Trump and Mike Pence

McClatchy/Marist poll

0 10 20 30 40 50

48% 33% 

Neither/Other/Undecided 19%

NBC/Wall Street Journal poll

47% 38% 

Neither/ Other/ Undecided 15%

Clinton’s fifteen point lead means Trump now trails her more than
Republican Mitt Romney ever lagged behind Obama in 2012 race

Source: McClatchy-Marist telephone survey of 1,132 adults between August 1 and 3. Margin of error ± 2.9 points

Source: NBC/WSJ telephone survey of most recent of 800 registered voters between July 31 and August 3. Margin of error ± 3.46 points

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