Clinton had held a lengthy double-digit lead over Trump, who was once a Republican outsider. This has been eroded by the populist appeal of Trump, although it has somewhat opened up again after she secured a pledge to work together from her Democrat rival, Senator Bernie Sanders.
Following a series of gaffes, the Republican nominee had seen Clinton get ahead in the polls again. However, his polling has again drawn close to Clinton`s as the campaign reaches the milestone of 50 days before the election. Clinton has faced pressure over her health as she fainted in public after suffering from pneumonia.
A word of caution, however: polling so far away from the election is unlikely to be reflective of the final score. A lot can change between now and election day.
The New York Times has also worked out that, at the convention stage of all previous elections, a simple polling average across has differed from the final result by about nine percentage points. So, with the polls being so close, anything could still happen.
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