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CBS Poll: Clinton Lead More Than Doubles to 9 Percent

CBS Poll: Clinton Lead More Than Doubles to 9 Percent

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By    |   Monday, 17 October 2016 09:12 PM EDT

Hillary Clinton has stretched her lead over Donald Trump from four points two weeks ago to 9 points, according to Monday's least CBS News survey, and nearly 40 percent of Trump supporters polled even concede the Democrat will win the election.

Clinton now leads Trump 47 percent to 38 percent in a four-way race among likely voters, but just 26 percent of those registered voters polled believe the Republican ticket will win, compared to 63 percent who believe Clinton will win, according to the poll. Specific to the parties supporters: 94 percent of Clinton supporters believe she will win while just 61 percent of Trump supporters believe he will win.

Here is the breakdown of the poll results, which include third-party candidates Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party's Jill Stein:

Four-way race:

  • Clinton 47 percent
  • Trump 38 percent
  • Johnson 8 percent
  • Stein 3 percent

Among women:

  • Clinton 53 percent
  • Trump 34 percent
  • Johnson 5 percent
  • Stein 3 percent

Among men:

  • Trump 42 percent
  • Clinton 40 percent
  • Johnson 11 percent
  • Stein 4 percent

Clinton carries 89 percent of the Democratic vote, 8 percent of Republicans and 38 percent Independents, while Trump carries just 77 percent of the Republicans, 5 percent Democrats, and 36 percent Independents, according to the poll.

The CBS News poll was conducted by telephone Oct. 12-16, among a random sample of 1,411 adults nationwide, including 1,189 registered voters.

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Hillary Clinton has stretched her lead over Donald Trump from four points two weeks ago to 9 points, according to Monday's least CBS News survey, and nearly 40 percent of Trump supporters polled even concede the Democrat will win the election.
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