Presidential polls 2016: Trump leads Republican candidates; trails Clinton in general polls

The latest presidential polls are in and it shows that real estate mogul Donald Trump is seeing good results.

First up is the national Republican Party presidential poll results reported by One America News Network (OANN) wherein political outsider Trump had seen great numbers.

Based on the poll conducted by Gravis Marketing, an unbiased research firm, Trump is now at the 40 percent mark, considered to be the first time a presidential candidate has gone past the 30 percent mark as reported by OANN.

OANN CEO Robert Herring, Sr. said in a statement that it's surprising how Trump moved up so quickly in the polls after the presidential debate.

The recent Gravis/OANN poll also revealed the top five candidates who garnered high percentage of GOP votes.

They are neurosurgeon Ben Carson with 13.0 percent; Florida's Jeb Bush with 10.0 percent; Ted Cruz with 7.0 percent; and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina with 5.2 percent. 

The report also stated that Fiorina, who was previously in 12th place, saw the highest jump in ranking. Out of the top five candidates, three — Trump, Carson and Fiorina — have never served in public office.

Meanwhile, in a new general election poll conducted by CNN/ORC International and reported in People, it was also revealed that Trump is close behind leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton by six points.

This CNN poll was conducted from Aug. 13 to 16 and it also found that the billionaire has been trailing Clinton since last month.

Other than Trump, Clinton also has three other Republican candidates trailing behind her. Wisconsin's Scott Walker also trails behind the former New York senator by six points, while Bush and Fiorina follow by nine and 10 points, respectively.

Trump may have seen his success in the Republican poll and is also gaining good numbers in the general poll, but Clinton still remains as the leading candidate for the 2016 presidential race.

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