US Elections: With One Week to Go, Donald Trump Leads Hillary Clinton by One Point

Washington: A week before the US presidential elections, Republican nominee Donald Trump has taken a slender lead of one percentage point against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May in a major national tracking poll.

"Strong enthusiasm for Clinton has lost seven points since the start of tracking, especially Friday through Sunday. This is possibly an after-effect of the renewed controversy over her use of a private email server while secretary of state. Trump's strong enthusiasm has held steady in tracking, which started October 20," the poll said.

But, compared to past elections it's low for both of them — 53 per cent for Trump, 45 per cent for Clinton, it said.

However, in RealClearPolitics average of polls Trump trails Clinton by 2.2 percentage points.

RealClearPolitics tracks all major national polls. Till about two weeks ago, Clinton was leading Trump by more than eight points in this average of polls.

In the last few days, various polls coming out from key battleground states indicate that the polls are tightening and it might not be a cakewalk for Clinton any longer.

For instance in Virginia, where Clinton was leading comfortably in double digit, the latest poll indicate that Trump is now trailing by six points.

In the last two weeks, Trump has pumped in $3 million in local advertisements.

However, a reliable election model today predicted a win for Clinton in the November 8 presidential elections.

Moody's Analytics, latest model today forecast Clinton winning 332 electoral votes to Trumps 206.

The Moody's model, which picks a party, not a candidate has predicted every election correctly since it was created in 1980.