WASHINGTON”•Democrat Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over White House rival Donald Trump to eight points after both parties’ nominating conventions, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll out Sunday.
Clinton led Trump 50 to 42 percent among registered voters, according to the telephone survey carried out August 1-4.
She got a strong bounce in the support from her nomination — which unlike the fractious Republican convention, showed a united party — but has also benefitted from major gaffes by Trump.
Ahead of the nominating conventions Clinton had a four-point lead over Trump, according to an Post-ABC News survey.
Among likely voters, Clinton’s lead is 51 to 44 percent, and in a race that includes Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and Jill Stein from the Green Party, Clinton leads Trump 45-37 percent, with Johnson at eight percent and Stein at four percent.
Clinton and her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, received the nomination to run for the November 8 presidential election during the July 25-28 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Trump and his vice presidential candidate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, were nominated in the July 18-21 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.