--- description: The Democratic nominee leads Trump among likely voters 51% to 37% title: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points Nationally in New Poll image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79dcdf910d668341/6988abc2cd1bbac681702dad/hillary-clinton6.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 # Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points Nationally in New Poll by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 26, 2016 9:49 PM CUT  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 24, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 24, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 26, 2016 9:49 PM CUT [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4545543/hillary-clinton-donald-duck-trump-veritas/ "undefined") has widened her lead over [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4546864/donald-trump-hotel-dc-transcript/ "undefined"), polling 14 percentage points ahead nationally, according to a new [Associated Press-GfK poll](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/October-2016-AP-GfK-Poll-Topline%5FCampaign.pdf "undefined"), which comes 12 days before the presidential election. Conducted after the [final presidential debate](http://time.com/4539855/third-final-presidential-debate-ratings/ "undefined"), the poll finds the Democratic nominee leads Trump among likely voters 51% to 37%, a significant lead over the Republican candidate. According to the poll, [Clinton](http://time.com/4546209/hillary-clinton-dances-with-beyonce-michelle-obama/ "undefined") has support of 90% of likely Democratic voters, as well as support from 15% of moderate [Republicans](http://time.com/4537566/donald-trump-republican-party-survival/ "undefined"). Of the Republicans surveyed, 79% said they would vote for Trump. The poll finds that Clinton has consolidated the support of her party, while even managing to draw Republican voters. The margin of error for the AP-GfK poll, conducted between Oct. 20-24, is plus or minus 2.75 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546942/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546942/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points Nationally in New Poll","datePublished":"2016-10-26T21:49:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:26:49.138Z","description":"The Democratic nominee leads Trump among likely voters 51% to 37%","url":"https://time.com/4546942/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79dcdf910d668341/6988abc2cd1bbac681702dad/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79dcdf910d668341/6988abc2cd1bbac681702dad/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 24, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 24, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.","creditText":"Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4546942/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll/","name":"Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points Nationally in New Poll"}}]}] ```