Trump leads by 1 point in new national poll

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The consequences of the FBI's renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server are making themselves known in the polls, with Donald Trump overtaking Clinton by 1 point in an ABC News/Washington Post survey released Tuesday.

In the poll, conducted Oct. 28-30, Trump has 46 percent to Clinton's 45 percent, marking the first time Trump has taken the lead in this particular poll since May. The results are "well within the survey's margin of sampling error" of 3 points, ABC News reports. Clinton maintains her lead in other national polls, up by 6 points in NBC/Survey Monkey. RealClearPolitics puts the average at 45 percent for Clinton, 43 for Trump.

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Jeva Lange
Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.