The poll released on Tuesday showed Clinton, the Democratic nominee, had increased her lead over Trump, the Republican nominee, to 8 percentage points on Monday from 5 points last week. When asked to pick between the two major-party candidates, 45 percent of likely voters said they supported Clinton while 37 percent supported Trump. Among likely voters who watched the debate, 48 percent said they supported Clinton while 38 percent supported Trump. Among the likely voters, the poll counted 798 Democrats and 586 Republicans. The poll has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 2 percentage points for the entire group, 3 points for likely voters and the debate watchers, 4 points for Democrats and 5 points for Republicans.

Source: The Edge Markets October 11, 2016 22:30 UTC