Donald Trump is beating Hillary Clinton by four points in the crucial battleground state of Florida, according to a newly released poll.
The New York Times Upshot/Siena College pollshows Trump receiving the support of 46 percent of likely Florida voters, while Clinton is at 42 percent. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is at 4 percent, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein is at 2 percent.
The poll shows Clinton leading women by a 7-percentage point lead (previously she had a ten point lead), while Trump has grown his lead among men to 18 points (previously it was 9).
Among white voters, Trump has a massive lead, 58 percent to Clinton’s 29 percent. But Clinton has a significant edge with black voters (81 percent to 11 percent) and Hispanics/Latinos (59 percent to 30 percent).
“Both Trump and Clinton continue to hold tremendous leads with voters from their own party but self- identified independents have moved from leaning to Trump by two points to now giving the Republican a twelve point advantage as support for Johnson has been cut in half,” said Siena College pollster Don Levy.
“Trump leads in all areas of the state except in the vote-rich Southeast where Clinton has widened an already large lead from 23 to 28 points,” said Levy.
The poll also shows Republican Senator Marco Rubio with a 9 point lead on his Democratic challenger, Rep. Patrick Murphy, 51 percent to 42 percent.
The poll of 814 likely voters was taken Oct. 25-27 and has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
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