Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump has been cut in half in one week in a new national poll.
Clinton now leads Trump by 3 points, 43 percent to 40 percent, in the Morning Consult poll released Sunday morning.
Clinton led Trump by 6 points, 44 percent to 38 percent, just last week.
Clinton has the support of 79 percent of African-Americans, compared to 5 percent of black voters who back Trump. Trump also trails Clinton among women, 44 percent to 35 percent.
The new poll of 2,007 registered voters, conducted Aug. 24–26, has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.