Saturday 25 June 2016

Hillary Clinton regains double-digit lead over Donald Trump, poll shows





Trump experienced a small boost after his promis to ban Muslim immigration after OrlandoOli Scarff/GettyPresumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has regained her double-digit lead over her expected Republican rival, Donald Trump, according to the latest Ipsos poll.








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The poll shows that 46.6 per cent of US voters favour Ms Clinton; 33.3 per cent said they would choose Mr Trump in the general election. A little more than 20 per cent said they would not vote for either candidate.


Reuters says that the 70-year-old New York business tycoon saw a slight bump following the 12 June mass shooting in Orlando, when he again vowed to cut Muslim immigration into the US, cutting Ms Clinton’s lead down to nine points.


The poll comes after a troublesome week for the Trump campaign, which was revealed to only have a campaign budget of $1.3m (£950,000) at the beginning of June. FEC filings also revealed that the campaign had paid many of Mr Trump’s own businesses - prompting accusations that the businessman was profiting from his own candidacy.

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