Zogby’s August poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in a statistical tie with Clinton 38% to Trump 36%. If the election were held today Clinton would have a slight advantage, but the bump from the democrat convention seems to have vanished. The Real Clear Politics average still shows Clinton with a comfortable 6pt lead.

From Zogby Analytics

If the election for President were being held today and the Democratic nominee for President is Hillary Clinton and the Republican nominee for President is Donald Trump; the Libertarian nominee is Gary Johnson and the Green party nominee is Jill Stein for whom would you vote?

Hillary Clinton 38%

Donald Trump 36%

Gary Johnson 8%

Jill Stein 5%

Not sure 13%

*Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding.

The Takeaways: In a new Zogby Analytics online poll conducted August 12-13, +/-2.8% MOE, we asked 1,277 likely voters who they would vote for if the election for President were being held today. Since our Last poll in early July, Clinton still maintains a small 2% lead over Trump. It seems the convention bumps are behind us and we are back to a close race!

Donald Trump continues to lead among his core groups, which are men, he leads Clinton 41% to 35%. He also leads Clinton among older likely voters such as 50-64 year olds (41%-36%), and those 65+ (44%-36%)…

Trump has kept the race close by winning Independents. He is winning Independents 32% to 26% and has also closed the gap among older Millennials. Trump is tied with Clinton at 30% among 25-34 year old voters.