Now, Trump leads Clinton 42 percent to 39 percent, within the margin of error; a month ago Clinton led 47 percent to 39 percent.
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While the gender gap remains wide, Trump gains support among men, who back him 50-29 percent, and women, who back Clinton 48-36 percent, compared to 52-34 percent in June.
The poll using cell phones and landlines from June 30 through Monday of 955 OH voters has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points. After Trump knocked out his last opponents in the primary, Ryan used an interview with CNN’s Tapper to question whether Trump was conservative and spent the next month publicly questioning whether he could endorse his party’s nominee.
“Donald Trump enters the Republican Convention on a small roll in the three most important swing states in the country”, said Peter Brown, assistant director of the poll.
In the two other states polled, OH and Pennsylvania, Clinton and Trump are in as tight a race as other pollsters have documented.
Since 1960, no candidate has won the presidential race without taking at least two of those three states, according to researchers.
In Florida, he was at 41 percent, Mrs. Clinton was at 36 percent, Mr. Johnson was at 7 percent and Ms. Stein was at 4 percent. Clinton is viewed unfavorably by 60 percent, Trump by 59 percent.
Brown noted that there is no definite link between the drop in Clinton’s numbers and the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to not prosecute her for the handling of classified emails. White voters back Trump 54-30 percent, as nonwhite voters go to Clinton 56-21 percent.
The poll marks an 11-point difference from a month ago in the Sunshine State.
She had a 1-point edge on that front in OH, 43 percent to 42 percent, compared to an 8-point edge last month.
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Ohio: Clinton and Trump tied at 41 percent.
