--- title: Donald Trump 1 Point Ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Poll description: Donald Trump is slightly ahead of Hillary Clinton for the first time in months, according to the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll canonical: https://time.com/4552904/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-abc-washington-post-poll/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-01T11:53:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:52:41.001Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Leads Hillary Clinton For First Time Since May: Poll og:description: The Republican nominee leads by just 1 percentage point og:url: https://time.com/4552904/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-abc-washington-post-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eff79ef605f59ef/6988ac67bc6cfc13c93df274/trump-leads-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Leads Hillary Clinton For First Time Since May: Poll twitter:description: The Republican nominee leads by just 1 percentage point twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eff79ef605f59ef/6988ac67bc6cfc13c93df274/trump-leads-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:48 video:published: 2016-10-31 section: politics topics: 2016 presidential campaign, FBI investigation, Hillary Clinton email server, Clinton Foundation, classified information, State Department, campaign rally, Director Comey genre: campaign speech, news tones: accusatory, combative, confident, partisan, dramatic emotions: anger (high), confidence (high), contempt (medium), pride (low) sentiment: negative audience: voters, political news followers, campaign supporters, political observers people: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Director Comey, Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner organizations: FBI, Clinton Foundation, State Department content_suitability: politics [00:00-01:48]; crime [00:39-01:08]; health controversy [00:00-00:19] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Donald Trump Edges Ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Tracking Poll > Sponsored content. 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Newly emboldened, Donald Trump is campaigning in traditionally Democratic states after the recent discovery of more emails that may be relevant to the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private system._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in a traditionally Democratic state, praising FBI Director Comey for reopening scrutiny of Hillary Clinton's private email system. He accuses Clinton of setting up an illegal private server, running a pay-for-play scheme at the State Department, and mishandling classified information. He says the contents of the emails will be devastating, then thanks Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner on stage. ## Key points - Trump says he gives the FBI credit and that Comey showed guts despite opposition, though Trump says he was not a fan of Comey. (00:00) - Trump says Clinton blames others for her legal troubles but has brought them on herself. (00:25) - Trump claims Clinton set up an illegal private email server in a closet to shield criminal activity. (00:39) - Trump alleges Clinton engaged in a corrupt, pay-for-place scheme at the State Department. (00:47) - Trump says there are five FBI probes into the Clinton Foundation involving pay-for-play activities. (00:55) - Trump claims Clinton sent and received classified information on an insecure server, putting the American people under threat. (01:08) - Trump says what is in the emails is absolutely devastating and that people will find out for the first time. (01:20) - Trump thanks Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner, who appear on stage with him. (01:32) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:19] Praise for Comey's FBI decision. Trump credits FBI Director Comey with courage in reopening the investigation despite opposition. - [00:19 to 00:39] Trump blames Clinton for legal troubles. Trump argues that Clinton has brought her legal problems on herself. - [00:39 to 01:08] Allegations against Clinton's email and Foundation. Trump lists accusations about the private server, State Department dealings and Clinton Foundation probes. - [01:08 to 01:48] Claims about emails and stage appearance. Trump says the emails will be devastating and thanks Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner on stage. ## Key quotes - [00:00] Donald Trump: "And I have to give the FBI credit." - [00:39] Donald Trump: "Hilary is the one who set up an illegal private email server." - [00:47] Donald Trump: "Hillary is the one who engaged in a corrupt, pay- for- place scheme at the state department." - [01:08] Donald Trump: "Hilary is the one who sent and received classified information on an insecure server, putting the safety of the American people under threat." - [01:20] Donald Trump: "It's absolutely devastating and I think we're gonna find out by the way-" ## Questions this video answers - What does Trump say about FBI Director Comey's decision? [00:00] - What does Trump accuse Hillary Clinton of doing with her email server? [00:39] - What allegations does Trump make about the State Department? [00:47] - How many FBI probes does Trump say involve the Clinton Foundation? [00:55] - What does Trump claim about classified information handled by Clinton? [01:08] - What does Trump say the contents of the emails will show? [01:20] ## Content suitability - politics [00:00-01:48]: Partisan political campaign speech making criminal allegations against a named candidate. - crime [00:39-01:08]: Repeated claims of criminal activity, illegal email server, corruption and pay-for-play schemes, presented without verification in the video. - health controversy [00:00-00:19]: Brief reference to the situation as 'so bad', no detail given.  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 1, 2016 11:53 AM UTC Newly emboldened, Donald Trump is campaigning in traditionally Democratic states after the recent discovery of more emails that may be relevant to the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private system.  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 1, 2016 11:53 AM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4552868/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-2016-election-emails/?xid=homepage) is slightly ahead of Hillary Clinton for the first time in months, according to the latest [ABC News/Washington _Post_ tracking poll](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-leads-clinton-point-poll-enthusiasm-declines/story?id=43199459). Trump is leading with 46% of likely voters, while Clinton has 45%. The two candidates are divided by a slim .7 percentage point margin, which is well within the poll’s margin of error. Trump led Clinton in just one other ABC News/Washington _Post_ tracking poll, conducted in May shortly after he clinched the Republican nomination. At the time, Clinton and former Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders were still locked in a primary battle. The poll—conducted between Oct. 27 and Oct. 30—surveyed 1,128 likely voters and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The [RealClear Politics polling average](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general%5Felection%5Ftrump%5Fvs%5Fclinton-5491.html) for Oct. 22 to Oct. 31 shows Clinton ahead by a margin of 2.4 percentage points with 47.7% support. ## Transcript [00:00] And I have to give the FBI credit. That was so bad what [00:03] happened, originally and it took guts for Director [00:07] Comey to make the move that he made in light of [00:11] the kind of opposition he had with their trying to [00:14] protect her from criminal prosecution. It [00:19] took a lot of guts, I really disagreed with him. I was not [00:22] his fan, but I'll tell you what What he did, he brought [00:25] back his reputation. Hilary wants to blame everyone [00:29] else for mounting legal troubles but she has brought [00:33] all of this on herself. Hilary [00:39] is the one who set up an illegal private email [00:43] server. In the closet to shield her criminal [00:47] activity. Hillary is the one who engaged in a corrupt, [00:52] pay- for- place scheme at the state department. And [00:55] now there are five FBI probes into the Clinton [00:59] foundation, and they are pay- for- play activities. [01:04] Very, very deep investigations. Hilary is the [01:08] one who sent and received classified information [01:13] on an insecure server, putting the safety of the [01:17] American people under threat. That's what she did. [01:20] We can be sure that what is in those emails [01:25] It's absolutely devastating and I think we're gonna find [01:27] out by the way- [ APPLAUSE ] For the first time. Thank [01:32] you Huma, thank you Huma. [ APPLAUSE ] Good job [01:36] Huma. Weiner, Weiner, Weiner, Weiner, Weiner. Thank [01:45] you Anthony Weiner. 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