If Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off in the general election, Clinton wouldn't necessarily be a shoo-in. The latest CNN/ORC national poll released Wednesday reveals that "in a hypothetical general-election matchup between Clinton and Trump, Clinton holds a 51 percent to 45 percent advantage," Politico reports. Four percent of registered voters responded that they'd vote for neither candidate.
While Clinton's lead over Trump is certainly still a lead, it's one that continues to diminish. Clinton's hypothetical lead over Trump stands at 6 percentage points now, but last month she led Trump by 16 points, with a 56 percent to 40 percent advantage. The month before that, her advantage over Trump was even larger, at 59 percent to 39 percent.
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