Nine Weeks Out, Race Near Even

With about two months left until Election Day, a new national poll shows a tight race between the two major-party nominees.

Donald Trump sits at 45 percent support while Hillary Clinton has 43 percent in a CNN/ORC poll released today. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by a scant two points among likely voters, and the contest sparking sharp divisions along demographic lines in a new CNN/ORC Poll.