New York, August 5 (RHC)-- A new poll shows that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has taken a 15-percentage point lead over her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential race.

According to the McClatchy-Marist survey, the former secretary of state has 48 percent of the votes as compared to the New York billionaire businessman having only a 33-percent support.

Clinton received 45 percent to Trump’s 31 percent in a four-candidate match-up. In that scenario, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson earned 10 percent, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein bagged 6 percent.

Pollsters also found that 53 percent potential voters see Clinton as an acceptable president, versus 47 percent who do not. Whereas, 61 percent disprove Trump, and only 39 percent approve him.

According to the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls, Clinton leads Trump by nearly 6 points nationwide. The new count comes at a time that the Republican presidential nominee has cast doubt over the validity of the result of the November election.