Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in post-debate CNN/ORC poll

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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A new CNN/ORC poll released Monday shows Hillary Clinton with a 5-point lead over Donald Trump in a four-way contest.

The survey of likely voters was conducted after the first presidential debate last week, and Clinton is ahead of Trump 47 percent to 42 percent, followed by Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson at 7 percent and the Green Party's Jill Stein at 2 percent. Clinton has made gains among men, going from a 22 point deficit in early September to just 5 points, and independent voters — in early September, they favored Trump, but now it's Clinton, 44 percent to 37 percent.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.