Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican rival Donald Trump
narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion
poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday.
About 42
percent of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump's 39 percent, according to
the July 31-Aug. 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 U.S. presidential
nomination from a major political party.
Since then,
Trump has engaged in a days-long feud with the family of an American soldier
killed in Iraq and squabbled with the Republican leadership over his comments
and leadership turmoil within his campaign.
Trump, in
recent days, however, has sought to refocus. On Friday he announced his
economic policy advisory team, said he would deliver an economic policy speech
early next week, and was expected to endorse U.S. House of Representatives
Speaker Paul Ryan, the top U.S. elected Republican, who is seeking his 10th
term in Congress.
An average
of polls aggregated by Real Clear Politics showed Clinton ahead of Trump by 6.8
percentage points on Friday, up from 3.9 on Aug. 1.
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