Hillary Clinton
leads Donald Trump by 11 points in the U.S. presidential race, showing little
change after she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee this
week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.
The online poll,
conducted from Monday to Friday, shows 46 percent of likely voters support
Clinton while 34.8 percent back Trump. Another 19.2 percent support neither
candidate. Their parties hold conventions in July ahead of a Nov. 8 election.
Clinton's lead was
nearly the same a week ago, before she had amassed enough convention delegates
to win the nomination and before Trump drew criticism from leaders of both
parties for questioning the impartiality of a Mexican-American judge.
Trump, 69, enjoyed
a bigger boost after becoming the presumptive Republican nominee in May. Having
trailed Clinton, 68, for most of the year, Trump briefly erased a double-digit
gap and pulled about even with the former secretary of state.
Clinton this week
defeated party rival Bernie Sanders, 74, in four of six nominating contests,
most notably California and New Jersey, and won the endorsements of President
Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Elizabeth Warren of
Massachusetts and other party leaders.
Trump this week
sparred with party leaders and struggled with questions about his now-defunct
Trump University. A lawsuit accuses Trump and the for-profit school of
defrauding thousands of people, including many who paid as much as $35,000 to
learn Trump's real estate strategies.
A wealthy
businessman who asserts the lawsuit is politically motivated, Trump said
presiding U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel was biased against him because of
Trump's plans to build a wall on the border with Mexico. Trump later added that
Muslim judges could be biased against him also because of his pledge to
temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country.
Trump's comments
drew sharp criticism from Republican leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan
and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Trump later said he would no longer
talk about the judge.
Friday's results
had 1,276 respondents and a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3.2
percentage points.
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