Her national poll lead is up to 7.9 and her higher favourable rating, according to RCP, has nudged to 16.9. On Sunday, RealClear Politics.com gave Clinton an average national poll lead over Trump of 6.9. The overall picture is she leads in all RCP's battleground states except for Missouri (Trump +6.3) and Arizona (Trump +0.3). And there are healthy leads in key Electoral College states: Pennsylvania, Virginia (+7), New Hampshire (+7), Michigan (+6.6), Wisconsin (+5.6), Colorado (+9.5). Josh Marshall, TPM's editor, tweeted: "This bears repeating: States in which Clinton is beating Trump by AT LEAST 10 POINTS account for 253 electoral votes".

Source: New Zealand Herald August 10, 2016 17:06 UTC