Clinton leads Trump by 7 points in new Fox News poll
Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 7 points in a four-way race, 45 percent to 38 percent, according to the latest Fox News national poll, which was conducted after the second presidential debate. Head-to-head, Clinton's lead widened to 8 points, 49 percent to 41 percent. Clinton's winning margin in the poll is well outside the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, and about on par with the Real Clear Politics polling average, which puts her 6.7 points ahead. The poll was taken by phone from Oct. 10-12 among 917 likely voters.
Clinton is also ahead in some new swing state polls, claiming leads in North Carolina in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist survey (45 percent to 41 percent) and in New Hampshire in a MassINC Polling Group/WBUR-FM poll (45 percent to 39 percent). In the Real Clear Politics averages, Clinton leads North Carolina by 2.9 points and New Hampshire by 3.6 points.
In Ohio, meanwhile, the Marist poll found Clinton and Trump virtually tied, with Trump claiming 42 percent and Clinton getting 41 percent. That's a bit tighter of a contest than what's reflected in the Real Clear Politics polling average, which puts Clinton ahead by 1.6 points.
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The MassINC Polling Group/WBUR-FM was conducted from Oct. 10-12 among 501 likely voters, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls of Ohio and North Carolina were conducted Oct. 10-12 and both have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points. The North Carolina poll surveyed 743 likely voters; the Ohio poll was conducted among 724 likely voters.
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