(VOVworld) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday.

US election 2016: Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump narrowed

About 42 percent of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump’s 39 percent, according to the July 31^st to August 4^th online poll of 1,154 likely voters. Among registered voters over the same period, Clinton held a lead of five percentage points, down from eight percentage points on Monday, according to the poll. However, polls aggregated by Real Clear Politics showed Clinton ahead of Trump by 6.8 percentage points on Friday, up from 3.9 on August 1^st.