A new online poll released Tuesday says Donald Trump gained no ground following the Republican National Convention, in contrast to other polls that say he got a bounce and now leads Clinton.
In a new NBC News/Survey Monkey online poll of adults who say they are registered to vote released Tuesday morning, the Republican presidential nominee trails Hillary Clinton by just a single point, 45 percent to 46 percent. Those numbers are unchanged from last week.
Still, Trump looks a little better when Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein are added into the mix. In a four-way contest, Trump leads Clinton by 2 points, 41-39. Johnson gets 10 percent and Stein earns 5 percent.
The convention also seemed to help Trump’s approval rating. Among Republicans surveyed, his approval rating climbed from 70 percent to 79 percent.
Both parties were divided on Trump’s convention speech — 84 percent of Republicans rated it excellent or good, while 70 percent of Democrats said it was poor or terrible. However, independents remain split and continue to show their importance to the race. Among that voter bloc, 30 percent said his speech was excellent or good, 29 percent rated it just okay and 40 percent said it was poor or terrible.
But following the convention, independents had more negative feelings about the GOP party. Forty-two percent of Independents said they see Republicans less favorably, and 47 percent said their feelings didn’t change.
The poll, conducted online from July 18-24, surveyed 12,931 adults who say they are registered to vote. It carries a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
