Donald Trump now trails Hillary Clinton by only 2 percentage points in a hypothetical matchup between the two, according to an NBC News/SurveyMonkey weekly tracking poll released Tuesday, reports Politico.

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign is attempting to use the prospect of a close general election with Donald Trump as a way to attract money from donors, reports Politico.

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An online poll indicates that Donald Trump trails Clinton by 7 percentage points among $30,000 to $75,000 “middle-income” voters in the Rust Belt states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, reports Bloomberg.

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