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Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by four points: Poll

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is leading her Republican rival Donald Trump by four percentage points, a latest poll said today on the eve of the elections which would elect the next US president.

November 08, 2016 / 12:21 IST

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is leading her Republican rival Donald Trump by four percentage points, a latest poll said today on the eve of the elections which would elect the next US president.

Clinton has the support of 45 percent of likely voters as against 41 percent for Trump, CBS News said in its latest weekly poll.

She had a similar lead over Trump in the last weekly poll.

This poll was conducted by telephone November 2-6, 2016 among a random sample of 1,753 adults nationwide, including 1,426 registered voters.

CBS said Trump leads among white men, whites without a college degree, and seniors.

On the other hand Clinton leads among women, African-Americans and younger voters. She has an edge among whites with a college degree, the poll said.

In the RealClearPolitics average of polls, Trump is now trailing by two percentage points.Other polls indicated a close race between the Republican and Democratic candidates for the top job at the White House.

first published: Nov 7, 2016 09:10 pm

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