US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 9, 2016. (AFP/Robyn Beck)
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton jumped to a double-digit lead Monday over Donald Trump in the first poll carried out since the release of a recording in which the Republican bragged about groping women.
Clinton enjoys 46 percent support among likely voters against 35% for Trump in a four-way race that includes Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, according to the NBC News-Wall Street Journal survey.
In a two-way race, Clinton’s lead over the real estate mogul expands to 14 points, 52% to 38%, according to the poll, which has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
The poll was carried out after Friday’s release of the shocking audio recording of Trump speaking in 2005, but before Sunday night’s second presidential debate between him and Clinton.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton facing off during the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, September 26, 2016. (AFP/Paul J. Richards)
A total of 52% of those polled said the recording should be a campaign issue, and 42% say it should not be.
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A CNN/ORC poll found that 57% of those who watched Sunday’s debate felt Clinton won, compared to just 34% for her rival Republican Donald Trump.
Trump went into the debate hoping to recover ground after his campaign took a hit with the publication by The Washington Post last week of a taped conversation from 2005 in which he was heard making lewd and offensive remarks about women and bragging that as a celebrity he was able to grope their genitals with impunity.
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