Clinton’s national lead over Trump rises in post-debate poll

October 1, 2016 Cholo Brooks United States 0

Washington – Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has extended her national lead over Republican rival Donald Trump to three percentage points, 43 percent to 40 percent, according to a poll commissioned by Fox News after the candidates’ first debate on Sept. 26.

Clinton’s national advantage is two percentage points higher than in a previous Fox poll on Sept. 15, when the former first lady had 41 percent of voter preference and Trump had 40 percent.

The latest poll, conducted by Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company Research, showed Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson in third place with 8 percent of voter preference and Green Party nominee Jill Stein with 4 percent.

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.