Trump's chances of winning election plummet following tape release
Hillary Clinton has mounted her largest lead in the polls in over a month, leading Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump nationally by nearly 6 percentage points.
According to the Real Clear Politics average, the Democratic nominee currently is ahead of Trump 48.3 percent to 42.5, a lead Clinton hasn't held since late August.
Trump's chances of winning in November are seemingly in free fall, as according to FiveThirtyEight's Election Forecast the billionaire businessman currently stands at a 17.2 percent chance of being the next president of the United States, with Clinton surging to a 82.8 percent chance.
The sharp and sudden decline for Trump comes on the heels of what some are calling the worst week in presidential campaign history; from the New York Times publishing the GOP nominee's 1995 tax returns and alleging he may have skipped out on paying taxes for years, to the explosive tape released by the Washington post showing Trump talking about groping women, Trump's faulting perhaps shouldn't be a surprise.
Following the release of the tape multiple Republican leaders, including John McCain and Kelly Ayotte, retracted their support from the GOP nominee--even Trump's running mate was rumored to be mulling over pulling the exit chord.
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Trump did however have an opportunity to stop his campaign's bleeding during Sunday night's town hall debate, and based on the latest polling the former reality TV star may have done just that. According to a flash pull on AOL.com 60.88 Percent of voters say Trump came out on top in the second presidential debate, while Clinton only received 39.88 percent of the vote.
According to Republican pollster Frank Luntz Trump is "back in the race" after Sunday night's debate. Trump will have to hope that his debate performance will be enough to get his poll numbers moving in the right direction.
Clinton and Trump will face off in one last debate on October 19th.
BY: WILLIAM STEAKIN
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