CBS/NY Times Poll: Clinton Surges to 4-Point Lead

Hillary Clinton has edged ahead to a 4-point lead over GOP nominee Donald Trump, a new national CBS News/New York Times poll shows.

The survey released Monday night comes after last week's first presidential debate. Support among likely voters breaks down this way:

• Clinton: 45 percent
• Trump; 41 percent
• Libertarian Gary Johnson: 8 percent
• Green Party candidate Jill Stein: 3 percent

The poll's margin of error among likely voters is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Before the debate at Hofstra University in New York, Trump and Clinton were tied in a four-person race at 42 percent each.

In other findings:

• 32 percent of likely voters think better of Clinton after the debate; 16 percent think worse of her.
• 10 percent of likely voters think better of Trump; 36 percent say it made their opinion of him worse.
• About half said the debate had no effect on their impressions of the candidates.
• Clinton leads in support of women by 18 points; Trump maintains an 11-point lead among men.

• National Poll: Clinton Leads Trump by 6 Points
• Poll: Clinton Ahead of Trump by 7 Points in Virginia