--- description: Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by 11 points, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll title: Donald Trump Continues to Dip in Polls as Hillary Clinton Firms Her Lead image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1def3bab2f692ea0/6988aa22428a9e285bcd4a2c/trump-tanks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump Continues to Dip in Polls as Hillary Clinton Firms Her Lead by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 16, 2016 3:09 PM CUT  Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 14, 2016. Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 14, 2016.Mike Segar—Reuters by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 16, 2016 3:09 PM CUT Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by 11 points, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which comes a little more than three weeks before the presidential election. Conducted after the second presidential debate, the [NBC News/WSJ poll](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/clinton-holds-11-point-national-lead-over-trump-nbc-wsj-n666986 "undefined") finds Clinton leading Trump among likely voters 48% to 37%. Trump’s support in the latest [ABC News/Washington Post](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/enthusiasm-donald-trump-fades-partisanship-close-poll/story?id=42815332 "undefined") poll remained roughly the same since controversy exploded over Trump’s treatment of women. The two candidates remain close in that poll, with Clinton polling at 47% to Trump’s 43% because of partisan preferences. Both polls show that fervor for Trump has tanked in the [aftermath of a video](http://time.com/4524406/presidential-debate-donald-trump-locker-room-talk-video/ "undefined") of the Republican nominee making crude comments to describe women and as multiple women have [accused him of sexual assault](http://time.com/4530339/donald-trump-sexual-assault-media-hillary-clinton/ "undefined"). Two-thirds of registered voters reject Trump’s denial of making unwanted sexual advances toward women, the ABC News/Washington Post poll said. The margin of error for the NBC News/WSJ poll is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. 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