Poll: Clinton has 3-point lead in wake of Comey letter

Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump is unchanged at 3 points with just about a week to go before Election Day, according to a national Politico/Morning Consult poll released Monday.

{mosads}Clinton is favored by 42 percent of likely voters, while Trump is backed by 39 percent.

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has the support of 7 percent of likely voters, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein is backed by 5 percent.

In a head-to-head matchup, Clinton maintains her 3-point lead, 46 percent to 43 percent.

The poll was conducted after FBI Director James Comey on Friday sent a letter to lawmakers about the bureau’s decision to review new emails “pertinent” to its investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of State.

The release of the letter set off a political firestorm, with Democrats and Clinton aides calling for the FBI to release more details about the significance of the emails.

Republicans seized on the new information, with members of Trump’s campaign attempting to frame the Democratic presidential nominee as a corrupt candidate and offering praise for the FBI.

But the new information appears to have not had much influence on the race, according to the new poll. In a poll conducted before Comey’s letter was released, Clinton had a similar 3-point lead in a four-way matchup.

The new poll found 39 percent of voters said the new email review would not affect their vote. But another 33 percent said it made them much less likely to cast their ballot for the Democratic nominee.

Forty-five percent of voters said they agreed with Trump, the Republican nominee, that the email scandal is worse than Watergate, according to the poll.

The poll was conducted on Saturday and Sunday among 1,772 likely voters. The margin of error is 2 percentage points.

According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, Clinton has just a 2.4-point national lead over her Republican rival, 45.4 percent to 43 percent.

In FiveThirtyEight’s polls-plus forecast, the Democratic nominee is predicted to have a 76.9 percent chance of winning the presidency.