Clinton opens double-digit lead over Trump in latest Monmouth poll
A Monmouth University poll released Monday shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by double-digits, building greatly upon her two-point lead before party conventions last month. Clinton earned 50 percent support among likely voters to Trump's 37 percent — and notably, Clinton's ballooning lead over Trump comes in a four-way poll, as the Monmouth survey included Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party's Jill Stein:
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