--- title: Donald Trump Closes Gap With Hillary Clinton in New Poll description: A new poll shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ahead of rival Hillary Clinton, eliminating the lead she took last month canonical: https://time.com/4480136/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-new-poll/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-06T15:51:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:40.632Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Closes Gap With Hillary Clinton in New Poll og:description: But most voters still said they expect Clinton will win the election og:url: https://time.com/4480136/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-new-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8833125a4c29b53/6988a4e9cf40a82436c44b58/donald-trump-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Speaks On Immigration At Rally In Phoenix og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Closes Gap With Hillary Clinton in New Poll twitter:description: But most voters still said they expect Clinton will win the election twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8833125a4c29b53/6988a4e9cf40a82436c44b58/donald-trump-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Closes Gap With Hillary Clinton in New Poll > Sponsored content. 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Ralph Freso/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 6, 2016 3:51 PM UTC A [new poll](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/06/%5Fpolitics-zone-injection/trump-vs-clinton-presidential-polls-election-2016/) shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump slightly ahead of rival Hillary Clinton, eliminating [the lead she took](http://time.com/4434326/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-convention-bump/?iid=sr-link4) last month after the Democratic National Convention. The [national CNN/ORC poll](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/09/05/rel13a.-.2016.post-labor.day.pdf), released on Tuesday, found that 45% of likely voters support Trump, while 43% said they support Clinton (Trump’s 2-point lead is within the poll’s margin of error but still marks a shift from previous polls that showed Clinton significantly ahead). [Libertarian Gary Johnson](http://time.com/4417814/republican-convention-gary-johnson/) earned the support of 7% of likely voters, while [Green Party candidate Jill Stein](http://time.com/4425748/jill-stein-green-party-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/) earned 2%. Most voters said they still expect Clinton will win the election in November, with 59% of respondents saying they think she will be elected and 34% saying the same about Trump. Trump has an edge with independents, men, white voters and older voters, according to the survey. Clinton, on the other hand, is winning with women, younger voters, college graduates and non-white voters. Clinton also did better among registered voters as a whole, a broader group than likely voters; 44% of registered voters support Clinton, while 41% support Trump, the poll found. Respondents gave Trump an edge as the candidate more trusted to handle the economy and terrorism, while Clinton holds an edge in handling foreign policy. Voters were almost evenly split in their view of the candidates’ differing approaches to immigration, with Clinton holding a slight lead. The poll—conducted by telephone from Sept. 1 to Sept. 4—surveyed 1,001 adults, including 886 registered voters and 786 likely voters. 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