Nov. 7, 2016 / 9:31 AM

UPI/CVoter poll: Hillary Clinton holds slim lead over Donald Trump on eve of election

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speak after the presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis on October 8. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speak after the presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis on October 8. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

The UPI/CVoter daily presidential tracking poll released Monday shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 2.78 percentage points.

The online poll shows Clinton with 48.91 percent to Trump's 46.13 percent.

The most recent data reflect a slight shift upward for Trump and down for Clinton compared to data collected a day earlier, however over the course of seven days, the poll's full sample size, Trump has fallen 1.58 points, while Clinton has held steady around the 49 percent mark.

The UPI/CVoter online tracking poll surveys at least 200 people each day, leading to a sample size of 1,400 people or more during any seven-day span.

Because the poll is conducted online and individuals self-select to participate, a margin of error cannot be calculated. The poll has a credibility interval of 3 percentage points. This seven-day span includes data collected from Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, when 2,223 individuals were surveyed. Of them, 1,625 identified themselves as likely voters.

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