Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Tied in New National Poll Following Email Woes

Donald Trump has caught up to Hillary Clinton in a new national poll released Thursday, a month after trailing by six points in the same survey — an apparent reaction to the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's ongoing email scandal.

The two presumptive nominees earned 40 percent as they head into their parties' conventions, with 4 percent saying they would vote for someone else, 7 percent saying they will not vote and 8 percent responding they were uncertain, according to a new New York Times/CBS poll.

Clinton appears to have been wounded by the continuation of her email scandal. In last month's survey, before FBI Director James Comey called Clinton's handling of classified information via private email "extremely careless" while deciding to not recommend prosecution, Clinton led Trump 43 percent to 37 percent.

The new survey found that 67 percent of voters say she is not honest and trustworthy, up 5 percent since the same poll last month before the FBI released its findings. Trump is also distrusted by a large number of voters — 62 percent — a number that has remained constant.

The number of voters who say they have a positive view of Clinton has dropped in the month since the last poll from 33 percent to just 23 percent. When asked if her email practices were illegal, 46 percent of respondents said yes, compared with 23 percent who said using a private server was improper but not illegal. And another 24 percent said she did nothing wrong.

In recent polling, Clinton leads head-to-head match-ups against Trump, with the Democrat holding 44 percent support compared to 40.9 for the New York businessman, according to averages compiled by RealClear Politics.

The poll was conducted by telephone July 8-12, surveying 1,358 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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