--- description: More voters trust Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, according to a new poll released Wednesday. title: Donald Trump Leads Hillary Clinton on Trustworthiness: Poll image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45a8b32f3682a87e/6988aca40a4a2262d69cbe29/trump-wins-supporters.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 More Trustworthy Than Hillary Clinton, Poll Finds  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 2, 2016 1:01 PM CUT  EAU CLAIRE, WI - NOVEMBER 01: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the W.L. Zorn Arena November 1, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, campaigning with Trump at the rally, ran for the Republican nomination against Trump and eventually dropped out of the race for the presidency. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) EAU CLAIRE, WI - NOVEMBER 01: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the W.L. Zorn Arena November 1, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, campaigning with Trump at the rally, ran for the Republican nomination against Trump and eventually dropped out of the race for the presidency. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 2, 2016 1:01 PM CUT More voters trust [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4552904/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-abc-washington-post-poll/ "undefined") over Hillary Clinton, [according to a new tracking poll](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/02/tracking-poll-finds-race-tied-as-trump-opens-up-an-8-point-edge-on-honesty/ "undefined") released Wednesday. The Republican presidential nominee leads his Democratic rival on honesty and trustworthiness by eight points in a Washington _Post_\-ABC News poll, which found 46% of likely voters saying Trump is more honest and deserving of trust. That’s considered a wide lead for Trump since the two White House hopefuls were tied on the same question the last time a _Post_\-ABC poll asked voters in September. The poll comes after the FBI reopened an investigation into Clinton’s private email server, having found more emails on the private computer of senior aide Huma Abedin. The same poll, conducted Friday through Sunday, found [Trump and Clinton](http://time.com/4554479/clinton-trump-2016-election-dire-consequences/?xid=homepage "undefined") neck-and-neck in overall voter preferences, with 46% of those surveyed saying they support Clinton and 46% backing Trump. However, polls of polls still give Clinton a slight lead over Trump nationally. The [RealClear Politics polling average](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general%5Felection%5Ftrump%5Fvs%5Fclinton-5491.html "undefined") for Oct. 22 to Nov. 1 shows Clinton ahead by a margin of 1.7 percentage points, with 47.2% support. The latest _Post_\-ABC survey interviewed 1,773 people and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 points. \[[_Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/02/tracking-poll-finds-race-tied-as-trump-opens-up-an-8-point-edge-on-honesty/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4554576/donald-trump-trustworthy-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4554576/donald-trump-trustworthy-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Donald Trump More Trustworthy Than Hillary Clinton, Poll Finds","datePublished":"2016-11-02T13:01:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:21:40.617Z","description":"46% of likely voters say Trump is more honest and trustworthy than Clinton","url":"https://time.com/4554576/donald-trump-trustworthy-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45a8b32f3682a87e/6988aca40a4a2262d69cbe29/trump-wins-supporters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45a8b32f3682a87e/6988aca40a4a2262d69cbe29/trump-wins-supporters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump And Mike Pence Campaign Together In Wisconsin","caption":"Donald Trump And Mike Pence Campaign Together In Wisconsin","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—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/4554576/donald-trump-trustworthy-hillary-clinton/","name":"Donald Trump More Trustworthy Than Hillary Clinton, Poll Finds"}}]}] ```