Donald Trump now LEADS Hillary Clinton in latest national tracking poll - as enthusiasm for the Democratic candidate dips
- Hillary Clinton's 12 point lead from nine days ago has vanished, with Donald Trump now leading in a national tracking poll by 1 point
- Clinton had already been losing ground when FBI Director James Comey wrote to congress Friday saying investigators found more emails
- Now Clinton sits behind Trump in voter preference and is 8 points ahead of the Democratic nominee in enthusiasm with one week until Election Day
Trump is now 1 point ahead of his Democratic rival, earning 46 percent of likely voters' support, compared to Clinton's 45 percent.
This is a shocking reversal from just nine days ago, when Clinton was 12 points ahead.
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Donald
Trump (left) is now 1 point ahead of Hillary Clinton (right) in the
latest ABC News/Washington Post national tracking poll
The ABC News/Washington Post national
tracking poll now has Donald Trump pulling slightly ahead in a race
that's been about even in recent days
Then
Trump was being bombarded by accusations from women of sexual
misconduct, including groping and kissing without their permission,
while Clinton looked to be smooth sailing to the White House.
But
even before Friday's revelation written by FBI Director James Comey in a
letter to congress – that more conversations from Clinton's secret
server had been discovered – the Democrat was losing ground and the race
was tightening.
By
Sunday, one week after the daily tracking poll launched, Clinton was
ahead by just 1 point, and now she's behind The Donald by the same.
Voter
enthusiasm for Clinton, a metric she's struggled with all year, had
finally topped Trump's on October 22, but has again dipped below.
Trump
leads Clinton by 8 points in voter enthusiasm with 53 percent of likely
voters saying they're very enthusiastic about voting for the
billionaire, while 45 percent say that of Clinton.
Nine days ago, Clinton was at 52 percent and Trump at 49 percent.
Trump's
1 point lead nationally is within the poll's margin of error as the
race is, as ABC's pollsters put it, 'exceedingly close.'
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