Republican nominee Donald Trump has taken a 1-point lead over Hillary Clinton in the latest Morning Consult national poll released on Sunday.
The results:
- Trump: 39 percent
- Clinton: 38 percent
- Gary Johnson 9 percent
- Jill Stein: 4 percent
Trump trailed Clinton 42 percent to 40 percent in the previous survey last week. The close results of both polls are within the margin of error.
The survey was released on the eve of Monday’s first presidential debate, with two-thirds of registered voters saying they expect to watch it.
Other results from the poll:
- 36 percent of registered voters say Clinton will win the first televised presidential debate, 29 percent said Trump would triumph, while 35 percent said they did not know of have no opinion
- Independent voters are much less likely to watch the first debate, with 54 percent saying they expect to view it, compared to 75 percent of Republicans and 70 percent of Democrats who are planning to watch.
- Only 18 percent of Independent voters say the debates will make a major difference in who they vote for, compared to 31 percent of Democrats and 22 percent of Republicans who say so.
- Half of registered voters say Johnson should be allowed to participate in the debate and 45 percent say Stein should also be permitted to take part.
- Trump leads Clinton 44 percent to 33 percent among white likely voters, while Clinton has the advantage with Hispanics 54 percent to Trump’s 20 percent and black voters 75 percent to 7 percent.
The Morning Consult survey was conducted Sept. 22-24. It polled 1,953 registered voters and 1,712 likely voters nationwide for a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points for both samples.
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