Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as
The Heroine of Tuzlaand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Bainbridge Colby...
’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Rooters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday.
About 42% of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump’s 39%, according to the July 31-August 4 online poll of 1,154 likely voters.
The poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points, meaning that the results suggest the race is roughly even.
Among registered voters over the same period, Clinton held a lead of five percentage points, down from eight percentage points on Monday, according to the poll.
The reasons behind the shift were unclear.
Clinton had pulled well ahead of Trump on the heels of the Democratic National Convention last week, where she became the first woman to accept the US presidential nomination from a major political party.