--- title: Hillary Clinton Has 12-Point Lead Over Donald Trump: Poll description: Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump 49% to 37% among likely voters, according to a new national Bloomberg Politics poll canonical: https://time.com/4369220/hillary-clinton-lead-donald-trump-poll/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-14T22:05:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:51.263Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Has 12-Point Lead Over Donald Trump in New National Poll og:description: Clinton leads Trump 49% to 37% among likely general election voters og:url: https://time.com/4369220/hillary-clinton-lead-donald-trump-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9e3e02cb969d8d0/698897d5cf40a87363c439ea/hillary-clinton-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Has 12-Point Lead Over Donald Trump in New National Poll twitter:description: Clinton leads Trump 49% to 37% among likely general election voters twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9e3e02cb969d8d0/698897d5cf40a87363c439ea/hillary-clinton-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Has 12-Point Lead Over Donald Trump in New National Poll  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jun 14, 2016 10:05 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton greets members of the audience after speaking at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center in Pittsburgh on June 14, 2016. Hillary Clinton greets members of the audience after speaking at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center in Pittsburgh on June 14, 2016.Andrew Harnik—AP  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jun 14, 2016 10:05 PM UTC Hillary Clinton holds a [double-digit lead](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-14/bloomberg-politics-national-poll-june-2016) over Donald Trump, according to a new national poll. The Democrat and former Secretary of State is ahead of [Trump](http://time.com/4366912/donald-trump-orlando-shooting-muslim-ban/?xid=homepage), the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, by 12 points, results of a new Bloomberg Politics poll show. Clinton leads Trump 49% to 37% among likely voters in November’s election. The same poll found 55% of those surveyed said they could never vote for Trump. However, the real estate mogul narrowly beats out [Clinton](http://time.com/4368686/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-muslim-ban/?xid=homepage) 50% to 45% when those polled were asked which candidate is stronger in combatting terrorist threats at home and abroad. Just 19% of those polled believe the U.S. is on the right track. Still, President Barack Obama’s job-approval rating stood at 51%. The poll was conducted Friday through Monday and includes interviews with 1,000 people, including 750 who said they’re likely to vote in November’s general election, according to Bloomberg. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3.6% on questions involving likely voters. It is plus or minus 3.1% for those asked of all adults. \[[_Bloomberg_](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-14/bloomberg-politics-national-poll-june-2016)\] Hillary Clinton Has 12-Point Lead Over Donald Trump: Poll ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4369220/hillary-clinton-lead-donald-trump-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4369220/hillary-clinton-lead-donald-trump-poll/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Has 12-Point Lead Over Donald Trump in New National Poll","datePublished":"2016-06-14T22:05:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:51.263Z","description":"Clinton leads Trump 49% to 37% among likely general election voters","url":"https://time.com/4369220/hillary-clinton-lead-donald-trump-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9e3e02cb969d8d0/698897d5cf40a87363c439ea/hillary-clinton-trump.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/bltb9e3e02cb969d8d0/698897d5cf40a87363c439ea/hillary-clinton-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton","caption":"Hillary Clinton greets members of the audience after speaking at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center in Pittsburgh on June 14, 2016.","creditText":"Andrew Harnik—AP","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/4369220/hillary-clinton-lead-donald-trump-poll/","name":"Hillary Clinton Has 12-Point Lead Over Donald Trump in New National Poll"}}]}] ```