--- description: Hillary Clinton maintains a narrow three-point lead over Donald Trump heading into the final days of the campaign, according to a new poll title: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump in Poll Despite Emails image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cbdccddfc16e923/6988acd2656a3fd20abcdb53/hillary-clinton-poll-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton Has Slight Edge Over Donald Trump in New Poll  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 3, 2016 11:48 AM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 3, 2016 11:48 AM CUT Hillary Clinton maintains a narrow three-point national lead over rival Donald Trump heading into the final days of the presidential campaign, according to a New York _Times_/CBS poll [released](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news "undefined") Thursday. Clinton’s lead in the poll—which falls within the margin of error—is the latest sign that the race has tightened in recent weeks after a brief period when she led by double digits in some surveys. Clinton received the support of 45% of likely voters compared to 42% who say they support Trump. Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein received support from 5% and 4% of likely voters respectively. The _Times_/CBS poll is roughly consistent with other polling on the race. The Real Clear Politics [average](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general%5Felection%5Ftrump%5Fvs%5Fclinton-5491.html "undefined") gives Clinton a lead of less than two percentage points. The new poll was conducted entirely after the revelation from FBI Director James Comey last week that his agency was investigating a newly discovered trove of emails. That [revelation](http://time.com/4550453/hillary-clinton-james-comey-fbi-emails/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") shocked the race, but polling suggests that it did not change voters’ minds. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4556119/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-emails/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4556119/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-emails/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Has Slight Edge Over Donald Trump in New Poll","datePublished":"2016-11-03T11:48:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:57:02.050Z","description":"The latest evidence of a tight race with less than 5 days to go before Election Day","url":"https://time.com/4556119/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-emails/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cbdccddfc16e923/6988acd2656a3fd20abcdb53/hillary-clinton-poll-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cbdccddfc16e923/6988acd2656a3fd20abcdb53/hillary-clinton-poll-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hillary clinton poll donald trump","caption":"hillary clinton poll donald trump","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—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/4556119/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-emails/","name":"Hillary Clinton Has Slight Edge Over Donald Trump in New Poll"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The latest evidence of a tight race with less than 5 days to go before Election Day","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4556119/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-emails/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4556119/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-emails/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```