Hillary Clinton has seized a commanding 12 point lead over Donald Trump in the latest national, general election poll taken by Reuters/Ipsos, her strongest showing in the regularly conducted survey over the last several weeks.

Taken from Aug. 18-22, pollsters found Clinton now leads Trump among likely voters 45 percent to 33 percent in a head to head match-up. When third party candidates Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Jill Stein (Green) are added to the mix, Clinton leads Trump 41 percent to 33 percent, with seven percent for Johnson and two percent for Stein.

Throughout the month of August, which immediately followed both parties' national conventions, Clinton has led Trump by a range of three to nine points.

Clinton Building on Edge 

In this cycle, Clinton's lead actually increased despite all the renewed scrutiny she has faced in recent days stemming from the ongoing controversy related to her handling of classified emails while she served as secretary of state in the Obama administration.

Over that same time, Trump has also had to deal with more than his fair share of controversy, including the resignation of campaign chief, Paul Manafort and an overall reshuffling of his campaign leadership team.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English in all 50 states. Both presidential polls included 1,115 respondents and had a measure of accuracy of 3 percentage points.

Clinton Holding Electoral Vote Cushion 

Meanwhile, a recent Consensus Pundit Electoral Map also puts Clinton safely ahead of Trump in electoral votes at 293 to 175 electoral votes. A total of 270 electoral votes are needed to ascend to the White House and emerge as President Obama's successor. 

The Consensus Map is based on the aggregate totals of the electoral ratings of Sabato's Crystal Ball, Cook Political Report, Rothenberg-Gonzales Political Report, NBC Political Unit, The Fix (Washington Post) and NPR.

Pollsters find Clinton leading in such states as Oregon, California, New Mexico, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, Colorado, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, New Hampshire, Maryland and Maine.


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States still considered too close to call include Nevada, Iowa, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio.

Meanwhile, Trump leads in Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, Utah, Arizona, Missouri, Indiana, Kansas, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas.