Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are locked in tight battles in four key battleground states, according to polling from Quinnipiac University released today.
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Clinton did have a 4-point lead in North Carolina in a one-on-one match-up, 47 percent-43 percent.
Libertarian Gary Johnson shows best in OH with 14 percent support.
Clinton and Trump are tied at 43 percent, Johnson at 8 percent and Jill Stein at 2.
On major issues such as economy and terrorism, Trump holds the lead (56% for Trump vs. 41% for Clinton on economy, 51% to 45% on terrorism).
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has a strong lead in Alabama, according to a Washington Post-Survey Monkey poll. In Florida and North Carolina the margin of error is 3.6 percentage points; the polls in OH and Pennsylvania have margins of error of 3.5 percentage points. Clinton has the edge with African-Americans, and voters most concerned with education or with health care.
Some polls last month showed a tigher race in South Carolina, leading to some excitement among SC Democrats.
The majority of both Clinton (60%) and Trump (54%) supporters said they are actually voting in favor of a candidate opposed to against their opponent.
This poll, conducted between August 30 and September 1, comes the same day as a Washington Post-Survey Monkey poll of all 50 states showed Trump ahead by 7 percentage points in SC and 4 percent of voters undecided when presented with all four national candidates.
Independent voters break 48-to-39 percent for Trump in the latest Florida survey.
Just 7 percent of likely voters said they’d cast ballots for Johnson, while 2 percent said they’d support Stein. The poll included 517 registered voters selected based on a model of likely general election turnout demographics. Johnson had 14% support and Stein came in with 4%.
The Florida survey shows a pronounced gender and racial divide between Trump and Clinton.
Because the poll is conducted online and individuals self-select to participate, a margin of error can not be calculated.
Both polls were conducted August 29-Sept. 7.
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The Republican nominee also leads by four points or more in 20 states, but these are less populated and yield just 126 electoral voters.
