--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:45:24.952Z 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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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 24, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images 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. 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