An opinion poll released by Reuters/Ipsos on Friday revealed that Hillary Clinton, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party posted an 8-precentage point lead among likely voters over the Republican Party's candidate Donald Trump.
The survey conducted from August 14-18 showed that about 42 percent of Americans are giving their support to Clinton a few months before the Nov. 8 elections. Donald Trump on the other hand claimed a slightly lower 32-percent support from those who participated in the poll. The other 23 percent of the likely voters who participated in the poll will not support either of the two candidates.
Clinton has been leading over Trump all throughout the 2016 campaign and a significant increase on the lead came after the Democratic and Republican conventions held last month. The existing figures also showed that the support for Clinton in the later parts of July ranged from 41 to 44 percent of the likely voters while those of Trump's ranged from 33 to 39 percent.
Another separate poll initiated by Reuter/Ipsos which asked the respondents to make a choice between Trump, Clinton, Green Party's Jill Stein and the Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson revealed that Clinton has also posted a significant lead. On that poll, 41 percent supported Clinton while Trump earned 34 percent. Johnson obtained the 7 percent points to occupy the third spot and Stein was supported by the 2 percent.
But despite of the higher percentage points that the major candidates earned from such polls both of them are still struggling to convince the American voters to support them since a separate survey revealed that neither of them are considered as a favorable choice among Americans and about two-thirds of the adult population in the US strongly believes that the entire country is not taking the right track.
Aside from that, Clinton's candidacy is still hounded by her alleged careless handling of classified emails while serving as the country's secretary of state under the Obama administration. Trump on the other hand is tied-up with the repercussions brought about by his off -the-cuff remarks against women, Muslims and immigrants.
Given the said conditions, political experts all over the US and the rest of the world are expecting that the current race to the White House to become more exciting as the Nov. 8 election draws near. It is also expected that the figures will continue to change as parties tend to reposition their machineries to achieve greater support from the voting public.
