in a head-to-head matchup, hillary clinton is up 10 percent over donald trump, 51 percent to 41 percent. | getty by rebecca morin 10/16/16 09:53 am edt hillary clinton is up by double digits nationally, according to a new nbc news/wall street journal poll. the poll , which was conducted oct. 10-13 <u+2014> entirely after the second presidential debate <u+2014> shows clinton up 11 points over donald trump in a four-way matchup among likely voters. clinton is at 48 percent and trump at 37 percent, with libertarian nominee gary johnson following at 7 percent and green party nominee jill stein at 2 percent. story continued below in a head-to-head matchup, clinton is up 10 percent over trump, 51 percent to 41 percent. there is a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, with 1,000 registered voters having been contacted via cellphones or landline phones. the margin of error increases to 3.3 percentage points among the poll's 905 likely voters. clinton holds a 20-point lead with female voters, 55 percent to 35 percent. in the wake of the release of a 2005 video in which trump talked about sexual assault, 32 percent of voters said the video disqualifies trump from being president and believe that he should withdraw from the race, according to the poll. among male voters, trump is ahead by 3 points, 48 percent to 45 percent. the democratic nominee's double-digit lead doesn't transfer to down ballot votes, according to the poll. among registered voters, 46 percent prefer a democratic-controlled congress, while 44 percent want a republican-controlled congress. that number changes slightly among likely voters, with 47 percent wanting a democratic-controlled congress and 44 percent wanting a gop-controlled one. by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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