For the first time since the two embarked on their presidential campaigns, Republican nominee Donald Trump has registered a four-point lead over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton following the Republican National Convention, a new poll has showed.
In contrast to last week’s poll where the former Secretary of State was commanding a 2-point lead, a national poll conducted by Morning Consult between July 22-24 shows the construction mogul moving ahead by six points to bring the tally to a 44-40, in favor of the Republican.
Following the convention, which more than half of the voters (53 percent) listened in to, the republicans seem to have been able to consolidate their base with 85 percent of Republicans ready to vote for Trump as compared to the 79 percent from the week before.
Forty-eight percent showed a positive outlook to Trump’s own speech, tied with that of daughter Ivanka’s where she claimed her father was “color blind and gender neutral.” Trump’s wife Melania did not do as well with her allegedly plagiarized speech as she, along with Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who urged Republicans to vote their “conscience,” received negative ratings.
While 43 percent of the voters said the convention gave them a more favorable impression of the Republican Party, 31 percent adopted a less favorable view of the Democratic Party. Thirty-two percent of the responders identified themselves as Republicans, up from the 30 percent before the convention. For the Democratic Party, the number fell from 37 percent to 33 percent.
The survey polled 2,502 registered voters. Morning Consult set a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
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