--- title: Hillary Clinton Pulls Ahead of Donald Trump in Poll description: Donald Trump enjoyed a post-convention boost in the polls last month, and now it's Hillary Clinton's turn canonical: https://time.com/4434326/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-convention-bump/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-01T22:27:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:47.925Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Pulls Ahead of Donald Trump in Post-Convention Poll og:description: In a two-way face-off, she leads the Republican 52% to 43% og:url: https://time.com/4434326/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-convention-bump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c4d5a20c3e3a5fb/6988a0b9a988ca83986b8ecc/hillary-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton And Tim Kaine Take Campaign Bus Tour Through Pennsylvania And Ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Pulls Ahead of Donald Trump in Post-Convention Poll twitter:description: In a two-way face-off, she leads the Republican 52% to 43% twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c4d5a20c3e3a5fb/6988a0b9a988ca83986b8ecc/hillary-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Pulls Ahead of Donald Trump in Post-Convention Poll > Sponsored content. 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Lawrence Convention Center on July 30, 2016 in Pittsburgh, PA. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 1, 2016 10:27 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4433909/trump-muslims-khan-family-apology/) enjoyed a post-convention boost in the polls last month, and now it’s [Hillary Clinton’s](http://time.com/4433372/jeb-bush-sally-bradshaw-donald-trump/) turn. In a [new poll by CNN/ORC](http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/trump-vs-clinton-presidential-polls-election-2016/index.html), the Democratic nominee leads 52% to 43% in a two-way face-off. When the contest is expanded to four candidates, including [Gary Johnson](http://time.com/4348326/gary-johnson-libertarian-party-convention/) and [Jill Stein](http://time.com/4425748/jill-stein-green-party-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/), Clinton still leads 45% to Trump’s 37%, Johnson’s 9% and Stein’s 5%. Nearly half of registered voters said watching or reading about the Democratic National Convention made them feel more likely to support Clinton, compared with 39% who said it turned them off. After the Republican National Convention, 42% of registered voters said they’re more likely to vote for Trump based on what they saw or read, compared with 44% who said they’re less likely. The poll was conducted by telephone from July 29 to 31 and included 1,003 adults, 894 of whom were registered voters. 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