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Donald Trump just vaulted past Hillary Clinton in a major national poll for the first time

May 19, 2016, 03:54 IST

Donald Trump.AP Photo/Seth Perlman

Donald Trump overtook Hillary Clinton in a Fox News poll released on Wednesday evening.

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The Manhattan billionaire held a 45% to 42% edge over the former secretary of state in the new survey measuring their expected general-election matchup.

The result represented a sharp shift from April, when Trump trailed Clinton by seven points. In March, he trailed by 11.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, held a large 55% to 31% lead over Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, among white voters.

That margin outpaces the final split from the 2012 race that pitted President Barack Obama against Republican Mitt Romney.

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White women in the survey favored Trump by 47% to 38%. But Clinton held a lead among all women, by a 50% to 36% difference. She also maintained massive advantages among African-American and Hispanic voters.

The all-but-certain Democratic nominee still holds a 5.2% lead over Trump in the RealClearPolitics average of several polls, which did not include the Fox poll.

Clinton remains, however, locked in a primary battle with Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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