--- title: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points: Poll description: The Democratic nominee leads Trump among likely voters 51% to 37% canonical: https://time.com/4546942/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T21:49:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:52:12.575Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points Nationally in New Poll og:description: The Democratic nominee leads Trump among likely voters 51% to 37% og:url: https://time.com/4546942/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79dcdf910d668341/6988abc2cd1bbac681702dad/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 24, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points Nationally in New Poll twitter:description: The Democratic nominee leads Trump among likely voters 51% to 37% twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79dcdf910d668341/6988abc2cd1bbac681702dad/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 14 Points Nationally in New Poll > Sponsored content. 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The Sunshine State was treated to twin apocalyptic visions on Tuesday, when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both warned Florida voters in dark terms that the other candidate threatens the fabric of the nation._ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 26, 2016 9:49 PM UTC The Sunshine State was treated to twin apocalyptic visions on Tuesday, when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both warned Florida voters in dark terms that the other candidate threatens the fabric of the nation. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 26, 2016 9:49 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4545543/hillary-clinton-donald-duck-trump-veritas/) has widened her lead over [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4546864/donald-trump-hotel-dc-transcript/), polling 14 percentage points ahead nationally, according to a new [Associated Press-GfK poll](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/October-2016-AP-GfK-Poll-Topline%5FCampaign.pdf), which comes 12 days before the presidential election. Conducted after the [final presidential debate](http://time.com/4539855/third-final-presidential-debate-ratings/), the poll finds the Democratic nominee leads Trump among likely voters 51% to 37%, a significant lead over the Republican candidate. According to the poll, [Clinton](http://time.com/4546209/hillary-clinton-dances-with-beyonce-michelle-obama/) has support of 90% of likely Democratic voters, as well as support from 15% of moderate [Republicans](http://time.com/4537566/donald-trump-republican-party-survival/). Of the Republicans surveyed, 79% said they would vote for Trump. The poll finds that Clinton has consolidated the support of her party, while even managing to draw Republican voters. The margin of error for the AP-GfK poll, conducted between Oct. 20-24, is plus or minus 2.75 percentage points. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:08] The criminal conduct of Hillary Clinton threatens [00:12] the foundations of democracy, I mean that. [ NOISE ] [00:19] But we're gonna turn it around folks. I think it all [00:22] started when George Washington refused to become a [00:25] king. Right? Donald Trump probably would've [00:29] called him a loser. Instead, [00:33] there was one of the most important decisions any [00:35] president has ever made. 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