Hillary Clinton has mounted her largest lead in the polls in over a month, leading Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump nationally by nearly 6 percentage points.

According to the Real Clear Politics average, the Democratic nominee currently is ahead of Trump 48.3 percent to 42.5, a lead Clinton hasn't held since late August.

Trump's chances of winning in November are seemingly in free fall, as according to FiveThirtyEight's Election Forecast the billionaire businessman currently stands at a 17.2 percent chance of being the next president of the United States, with Clinton surging to a 82.8 percent chance.

The sharp and sudden decline for Trump comes on the heels of what some are calling the worst week in presidential campaign history; from the New York Times publishing the GOP nominee's 1995 tax returns and alleging he may have skipped out on paying taxes for years, to the explosive tape released by the Washington post showing Trump talking about groping women, Trump's faulting perhaps shouldn't be a surprise.

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Following the release of the tape multiple Republican leaders, including John McCain and Kelly Ayotte, retracted their support from the GOP nominee--even Trump's running mate was rumored to be mulling over pulling the exit chord.

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