Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump in favorability ratings among the voters by three points, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Trump has almost won Republican party presidential nomination, and closed in on Clinton (46-43) who was leading him by 11 points in the same poll conducted last month.
Trump's racing ahead could be attributed to his improving image among the Republicans since April, when GOP voters were split 42 percent to 42 percent in approving and disapproving him. This month, 58 percent of Republicans voted positively for him while 25 percent who rated him negatively.
Clinton got 34 percent positive and 54 percent negative reviews, which in aggregate is -20 negative rating.
Trump fared worse than that with 29 percent positive and 58 percent negative votes, amounting to an overall -29 negative score.
Over 40 percent of voters said they were concerned about his lack of experience in military or elected public service. Only 15 percent were comfortable with his background as a business leader, and 5 percent were actually enthusiastic about it.
About 88 percent of African Americans and 68 percent of Latinos favor Clinton over Trump.
55 percent of youngsters aged between 18 and 34 gave Clinton a higher ranking than Trump who received only 32 percent positive votes from them.
However, more people were confident in Trump's banking skills and handling of economy. Some 48 percent said that Trump might be able to deal better with Wall Street, compared to 27 percent who expressed this same faith in Clinton.
About 10 percent of voters said they will neither vote for Clinton nor Trump, and 47 percent would contemplate voting for an independent or third-party candidate.
The chances of Democratic party coming to power is 66 percent while that for Republican party are 34 percent, according to PredictWise.
About 53 percent of voters favored a candidate who could "bring major changes to the way government operates," and only 43 percent wanted someone who had a "steady approach...even it means fewer changes," which implied a Trump edge over Clinton.
"Polls this far out mean nothing," Clinton said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "They certainly mean nothing to me. And I think that if people go back and look, they really mean nothing in terms of analyzing what's going to happen in the fall."
