The Republican presumptive
presidential nominee Donald Trump has edged ahead of Democrat frontrunner
Hillary Clinton in the polls. The GOP candidate has come close to leading
Clinton in the polls on two previous occasions but this is the first time Trump
has moved ahead of Clinton in an average head-to-head poll.
Last month, Trump polled ahead of Clinton only
if the option not to vote was removed, whereas recent data from Real Clear Politics
(RCP) puts Trump 0.2 points ahead of Clinton in a straight average of the
polls. Real Clear Politics (RCP), which takes an average of data from different
nationwide polls, puts Trump at 43.4% while Clinton is on 43.2%.