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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:14 PM Oct 2016

Poll: After Trump Tape, Clinton's Lead Up to Double Digits [View all]

Source: NBC News

As Donald Trump's campaign reels over tapes of the presidential candidate's sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005, the Republican nominee now trails Hillary Clinton by double digits among likely voters, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

The poll, conducted on Saturday and Sunday but before the second presidential debate, shows Clinton with 46 percent support among likely voters in a four-way matchup, compared to 35 percent for Trump.

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As Republicans grapple with how to hold on to control of the House and Senate despite the Trump campaign's woes, Democrats overall now have a seven-point advantage on the question of which party voters want to see in control of Congress.

Forty-nine percent of voters say they'd like to see Democrats in power on Capitol Hill, compared to 42 percent who chose the GOP.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-after-trump-tape-clintons-lead-up-to-double-digits/ar-BBxfvBU

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