Hillary Clinton also leads Donald Trump in a four-way matchup. | AP Photo National poll: Clinton up 7 points on Trump

Hillary Clinton holds a 7 percentage-point head-to-head advantage over Donald Trump in the latest national Suffolk University/USA Today poll out Thursday, leading by the same margin in a four-way matchup as well.

The Democratic nominee earned the support of 48 percent of the 1,000 likely voters surveyed by landlines and cellphones from Aug. 24 to Aug. 29, with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Trump, meanwhile, earned 41 percent, nearly the same share both candidates earned in a Fox News poll released Wednesday evening but conducted over a shorter time period of Sunday through Tuesday.


The margin is also consistent with the 7-point lead Clinton held over Trump in the latest Monmouth University national poll, conducted Aug. 25 through Sunday.

Trump, who has usually outperformed Clinton among men, clings to a 1-point edge over the former secretary of state, 44 percent to 43 percent. And among women, Clinton leads by 16 points — 54 percent to 38 percent.

Among white voters, Trump leads 49 percent to 41 percent, while Clinton leads by 41 points among Hispanic voters (65 percent to 24 percent) and by 87 points among black voters (91 percent to 4 percent).

Majorities of those backing either Trump (80 percent) or Clinton (62 percent) said they would feel “scared” if the other candidate wins in November.

But fewer supporters of either major candidate said they would be “excited” if their person wins, with 27 percent of Clinton supporters and 29 percent of Trump supporters saying they would feel that way. The majority opinion among supporters of each candidate should their nominee win: “satisfied,” with 52 percent of Trump supporters responding with that description and 62 percent of Clinton supporters.

In the four-way matchup, Clinton received 42 percent, Trump earned 35 percent, Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson took 9 percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein received 3 percent, with 10 percent undecided among those candidates.