Clinton's lead over Trump collapses from nine points to three - inside the margin of error - in first nationwide poll since FBI bombshell
- Clinton has 45 per cent of the vote to Trump's 42 per cent, according to a CBS/New York Times poll
- It is the first full nationwide survey since last week's FBI revelations, other than daily tracking polls
- The last poll, just over two weeks ago, had Clinton with a nine-point lead
- FBI director James Comey declared last Friday the agency was investigating a trove of emails relating to Clinton's private server
- The daily ABC News/Washington Post poll, which put Clinton a point behind on Tuesday, now has the Democrat two points ahead of Trump
Hillary Clinton has a three-point lead over Donald Trump in the first non-tracking poll since the FBI's explosive letter to Congress last week, which showed the Democrat's advantage narrowing among voters.
Clinton has 45 per cent of the vote to Trump's 42 per cent, according to a CBS/New York Times poll published Thursday. Libertarian Gary Johnson has five per cent and Green Jill Stein has four.
Clinton's lead is just within the survey's margin of error of three points.
The last poll, just over two weeks ago, had Clinton with a nine-point lead following the second debate and allegations by a series of women that Trump made unwanted sexual advances towards them.
Clinton has 45 per cent of the vote to Trump's 42 per cent, according to a CBS/New York Times poll published Thursday
Clinton has 45 per cent of the vote to Trump's 42 per cent, according to a CBS/New York Times poll published Thursday
But Clinton was put on the back foot last Friday when FBI director James Comey declared the agency was investigating emails belonging to top aide Huma Abedin, in relation to its probe of Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state. The emails were found during a teen sexting investigation into Abedin's husband Anthony Weiner.
The poll was conducted October 28-November 1, the same day of Comey's news, making it the first full nationwide poll since the revelations other than daily tracking polls.
Still, of those who haven't voted, 62 per cent said the revelations would not change their minds - and 92 per cent said they had their mind made up about whether they would pick Clinton or Trump.
President Obama slammed the FBI on Tuesday for its actions. Without mentioning Comey by name, he said the agency should not 'operate on innuendo'.
'We don't operate on incomplete information and we don't operate on leaks,' he said.
Clinton's polling figures have been dented by the FBI's bombshell, but she may be on the recovery with just five days to go before the election.
The daily ABC News/Washington Post poll, which put Clinton a point behind her rival on Tuesday, now has the Democrat two points ahead of Trump at 47 to 45.
The survey showed that Clinton has largely won over supporters of Bernie Sanders, whom she beat in the primaries.
Eighty-two per cent of voters now support her, up from a low of 70 in July.
Perhaps surprisingly, eight per cent of Sanders supporters have gone to Trump, while a further seven are plumping for Johnson or Stein.
Trump has a weaker showing among Republicans who favored other candidates in the primaries - three quarters will pick the billionaire, but 15 per cent are opting for Clinton and seven per cent for Johnson or Stein.
A University of Denver survey on Thursday showed the pair are tied in Colorado, while WBUR/MassINC poll had Trump leading by one point in a four-way match-up, at 40 to her 39.
Battleground polls on Wednesday showed Clinton is holding her lead in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, although Trump has caught up somewhat in the Keystone state, eroding the Democrat's summer double-digit lead to just four points.
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