Donald Trump has gained ground against Hillary Clinton, according to the latest findings from the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times national tracking poll of the presidential race.
The uptick for Trump follows a broad-based decline in early August and suggests a possible narrowing of the race.
Trump has regained some of ground he lost after the Democratic National Convention in late July, when he repeatedly criticized the Muslim American parents of a dead U.S. Army captain, and appeared to urge Russia to hack Clinton’s email.
As of Sunday, the tracking poll showed Trump at 45% and Clinton at 43%, within the survey’s margin of error. Those results are far closer than most other polls, which use different methodology and almost uniformly show Clinton ahead by several points.
The shift follows a shakeup last week at the top of the Trump campaign after weeks of turmoil. Campaign chairman Paul Manafort was ousted after his past work for pro-Kremlin figures in the Ukraine became a political liability.
Turnout is a key factor in any election, and the poll also asks if Clinton and Trump supporters plan to vote.
For the first time in three weeks, more Trump supporters said they planned to vote than Clinton supporters by a slight margin, 83%-82%.
Latest polls from RealClkearPolitics.com:
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE |
Clinton (D)
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Trump (R)
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Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 8/1 – 8/23 | — | — | 47.2 | 41.3 | Clinton +5.9 |
| LA Times/USC | 8/17 – 8/23 | 2396 LV | — | 45 | 43 | Clinton +2 |
| NBC News/SM | 8/15 – 8/21 | 17459 RV | 1.1 | 50 | 42 | Clinton +8 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | 8/13 – 8/17 | 1049 LV | 3.5 | 41 | 36 | Clinton +5 |
| Economist/YouGov | 8/14 – 8/16 | 911 RV | 4.2 | 47 | 41 | Clinton +6 |
| Bloomberg | 8/5 – 8/8 | 749 LV | 3.6 | 50 | 44 | Clinton +6 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 8/1 – 8/4 | 815 RV | 4.0 | 50 | 42 | Clinton +8
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Polls from RealClearPolitics.com
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