--- title: Donald Trump Support Falls After Tape Leaked description: A leaked tape that revealed Donald Trump boasted about using his celebrity status to grope women dealt a blow to his standing among voters canonical: https://time.com/4525282/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-tape-leak/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T17:14:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:17.250Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Lead Widens After Donald Trump Tape Leak og:description: Clinton is now 11 points ahead of Trump, the poll found og:url: https://time.com/4525282/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-tape-leak/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d3e1deb20236358/6988a96abc6cfc0c393dedfb/hillary-clinton-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Candidates Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Hold Second Presidential Debate At Washington University og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Lead Widens After Donald Trump Tape Leak twitter:description: Clinton is now 11 points ahead of Trump, the poll found twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d3e1deb20236358/6988a96abc6cfc0c393dedfb/hillary-clinton-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Lead Widens After Donald Trump Tape Leak > Sponsored content. 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Rick Wilking—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 10, 2016 5:14 PM UTC A leaked tape that revealed Donald Trump had [boasted about using his celebrity status to grope women](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4%5Fstory.html) dealt a substantial blow to his standing among voters, a new poll shows. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is 11 points ahead of Trump, according to a new [NBC News_/Wall Street Journal_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-after-trump-tape-revelation-clinton-s-lead-double-digits-n663691) poll. The former Secretary of State has 46% support from likely voters compared with Trump’s 35% in a four-way matchup. Libertarian Gary Johnson has 9% support, while the Green Party’s Jill Stein is holding at 2%. In a head-to-head contest, Clinton would receive 52% of likely voters’ support, while Trump would earn 38% of their votes. **Read more:** [_What to Know About Donald Trump’s Unaired_ ](http://time.com/4525585/donald-trump-apprentice-tapes)[Apprentice](http://time.com/4525585/donald-trump-apprentice-tapes)[ _Tapes_](http://time.com/4525585/donald-trump-apprentice-tapes) Clinton’s lead among registered voters also grew to 13%, its highest point since the early days of Clinton-vs.-Trump matchups last September, according to [NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-after-trump-tape-revelation-clinton-s-lead-double-digits-n663691). The tapes appear to have significantly impacted voters’ perceptions of Trump, who joked in vile terms about being able to grab women by their genitals due to his celebrity. “And when you’re a star, they let you do it,” Trump says. “You can do anything.” He later adds, “grab them by the p-ssy,” using a slang term for the vagina. According to the [NBC/_WSJ_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-after-trump-tape-revelation-clinton-s-lead-double-digits-n663691) poll, 31% of voters said the remarks were “inappropriate” but typical banter some men engage in among other men. 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