Mr Trump was far behind Hillary
Clinton in all of the major polls in the last two months, but after his
immigration speech last week, new results released by the polls
conducted by Reuters/Ipsos indicate that the U.S presidential race is
much closer now than ever as Donald Trump and Clinton are virtually
tied.
According to
the Reuters/Ipsos poll, 40 per cent of likely voters support Mr Trump,
while 39 per cent back Ms Clinton for the week of 26 August through 1
September as Clinton’s lead has declined from an eight-point lead.
Mr
Trump’s popularity among Republicans has also bounced six percentage
points to 78 per cent over the past two weeks although he still lacks
the party support held by Mitt Romney in 2012, who had 85 per cent of
support from Republicans at this stage in the election.
The
Reuters/Ipsos poll is conducted online in English in all 50 states. The
latest poll surveyed 1,804 likely voters over the course of the week;
it had a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of three percent.
In
a separate question in the Reuters/Ipsos poll that included
alternative-party candidates, Clinton and Trump were tied at 39 percent.
Seven percent supported Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, and two
percent supported Jill Stein of the Green Party.
Mr Trumps
rise in the election comes after news that the FBI released details of
Clinton’s interview with investigators regarding emails kept on her
private servers – an issue that has plagued the Clinton campaign from
the onset.
According to the FBI's released documents of the interview;
“Clinton
said she received no instructions or direction regarding the
preservation or production of records from State [Department] during the
transition out of her role as Secretary of State in 2013,”
“However,
in December of 2012, Clinton suffered a concussion and then around the
New Year had a blood clot,” it adds. “Based on her doctor’s advice, she
could only work at state for a few hours a day and could not recall
every briefing she received.”
Some
Americans don't believe the report with most of the opinion that
Clinton mishandled classified information. Mr Trump in his last week
Wednesday's speech, seemed to win back enthusiasm as he vowed to deport
millions of undocumented immigrants during his “first hour” as
president.
Source : Reuters/ Independent UK
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