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TRENTON -- Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton edged a double-digit lead over GOP rival Donald Trump following back to back weeks of national conventions, a new poll showed.

Clinton leads Trump nationally 46 percent to 34 percent among registered voters, according to a New Jersey-based Monmouth University Polling Institute poll released Monday afternoon. Among likely voters, Clinton's lead jumps to 50 percent over Trump's 37 percent.

Clinton solidified support following last month's Democratic National Convention. Prior to the DNC, and the Republican National Convention the prior week, Clinton held a narrow 43 percent to 40 percent lead among registered voters and a 45 percent to 43 percent lead among likely voters, according to Monmouth.

"The dust is starting to settle on the tag-team conventions, with the net advantage going to Clinton," said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute.

Despite solidifying support among her base and maintaining a lead in 10 swing states, it's not all good news for Clinton.

As the case with Trump, the poll showed Clinton remains unpopular with voters and a majority, 64 percent, said the former secretary of state has not been honest about her use of a private email severe. That's up from 52 percent who said in October that Clinton had not been honest.

Still, only 27 percent of voters feel Trump has the right temperament to be president -- down from 37 percent in July -- while a majority, 67 percent, say he does not, according to the poll. Meanwhile, 61 percent said Clinton is "temperamentally suited for the Oval Office."

"Love her or hate her, and frankly most voters come closer to the latter sentiment, Clinton clearly tops Trump on the 'steady hand' test," Murray said.

Libertarian hopeful Gary Johnson has 7 percent support and Green Party candidate Jill Stein received 2 percent among both registered and likely voters, according to the poll.

The poll was conducted by phone between Aug. 4 and 7 and surveyed 803 registered voters nationwide. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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