--- 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: 2026-02-22T23:42:34.266Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Pulls Ahead of Donald Trump in Post-Convention Poll by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 1, 2016 10:27 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally with Tim Kaine at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on July 30, 2016 in Pittsburgh, PA. Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally with Tim Kaine at the David L. 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. The margin of sampling error among registered voters was plus or minus 3.5%. 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