--- ---  # Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 10 Points in New National Poll  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Aug 25, 2016 5:27 PM UTC  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton waves to the crowd during a voter registration event on August 16, 2016 at West Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton waves to the crowd during a voter registration event on August 16, 2016 at West Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Jessica Kourkounis—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Aug 25, 2016 5:27 PM UTC The American electorate prefers [Democratic nominee for President Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4465809/why-hillary-clinton-is-taking-on-the-alt-right/) over [Republican Donald Trump](http://time.com/4465543/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bigot-mississippi-rally/) by 10 points — 51 to 41% — [a Quinnipiac University](https://www.qu.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2375) poll of likely voters published on Thursday finds. When Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party Candidate Jill Stein are included in the poll, that lead shrinks to 45% support for Clinton compared to 38% support for Trump (Johnson and Stein received 10% and 4% respectively). Quinnipiac found that non-white voters and women voters accounted largely for Clinton’s nationwide lead. The differences between the groups and their counterparts are significant: Women back Clinton over Trump 60–36%, the poll found, while men back Trump over Clinton 48–42%. The trend is similar for non-white voters, who back Clinton 77–15%, versus white voters, who back Trump 52–41%. The results also showed that regardless of who they’re voting for, most people polled (62%) believe that Clinton will win the election, while only 28% believe Trump will win. Quinnipiac called 1,498 likely voters nationwide between August 18 and 24 to conduct the poll, which has a margin of error of +/-2.5%. Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 10 Points in New Poll ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4466391/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4466391/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 10 Points in New National Poll","datePublished":"2016-08-25T17:27:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:12:41.589Z","description":"The Quinnipiac poll released Thursday shows 62% of Americans think Clinton will win","url":"https://time.com/4466391/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","politics","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dd7a36bedd5266c/6988a3acfb4eac125088edfb/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dd7a36bedd5266c/6988a3acfb4eac125088edfb/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hillary clinton donald trump quinnipiac poll","caption":"hillary clinton donald trump quinnipiac poll","creditText":"Jessica Kourkounis—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/4466391/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll/","name":"Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 10 Points in New National Poll"}}]}] ```