Eliza Collins

USA TODAY

Hillary Clinton is still 7 points ahead of Donald Trump nationally, according to a new Monmouth University Poll, but her lead has decreased from earlier this month.

The poll out Monday found the Democratic nominee led Trump 46%-39% among likely U.S. voters. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson had the support of 7% of those surveyed, and 2% backed Green Party candidate Jill Stein.

With registered voters, Clinton had 43% support, Trump had 36%, Johnson came in with 8% and Stein had 2%.

A poll released in early August had Clinton 13 points ahead of Trump with likely voters and 12 points ahead with all registered voters.

The new poll was taken Aug. 25-28 and follows a series of reports related to the overlap between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department while Clinton was secretary of State.

More than half (54%) of those polled by Monmouth said donors to the Clinton Foundation were given special treatment, while 26% said there was nothing out of the ordinary. One-fifth of those polled had no opinion.

The Monmouth University telephone poll included 802 registered voters, of whom, 689 were likely to vote. The margin of error for likely voters is plus or minus 3.7 points and for registered voters is plus or minus 3.5 points.