Clinton Leads Trump by 10 Points in New Poll of Likely Voters

Hillary Clinton garnered a majority of the support in a new poll released today, passing 50 percent in a head-to-head match-up with Donald Trump and further solidifying a lead built up by the party conventions a month ago.

The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University, shows Clinton receiving 51 percent support from likely voters, which gives her a ten-point margin over Donald Trump. The GOP nominee was backed by 41 percent of those surveyed, with a margin of error of +/- 2.5 points.

With third party candidates included, the gap between the Democratic and Republican nominees shrinks to seven points. In a four-way poll including independent nominees, Clinton received 45 percent to Trump's 38 percent. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein drew 10 and 4 percent, respectively.

A large number of respondents took issue with Trump's ongoing refusal to release his tax returns, including those within his own party. Seventy-four percent of the total number of people polled and 62 percent of the group who identified as Republicans believe that the businessman should release the returns.

Trump has previously claimed that an IRS audit prevented him from disclosing how much he contributed in 2015. Earlier this morning, he received criticism on the issue from a notable member of his own party, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who told CNN that anyone running for president has to "open up your kimono and show everything."

Both candidates continue to receive negative favorability ratings: Clinton's divide is 41 percent favorable to 53 percent unfavorable, while Trump's is 33 percent favorable to 61 percent unfavorable.

A large split emerges in responses about the nominees' qualifications to hold the presidency. Sixty-six percent view Clinton as qualified while only 40 percent said the same for Donald Trump.

Though 37 percent of participants in the poll say they would consider voting for a third-party candidate, most believe they have made up their minds already -- 90 percent indicated they don't believe they will change who they are supporting before the election.

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