The latest Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll of “likely voters” in all 50 states had the race as a statistical tie, registering an eight point swing against Clinton in the last week.
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The telephone poll of 886 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 points. Just 46 per cent said they would be confident.
In a four-way general election match-up, Clinton leads Trump by a slightly narrower 4-point margin – 41 percent to 37 percent. Whites who do not hold college degrees support Trump by an nearly 3-to-1 margin (68% to 24%) while whites who do have college degrees split 49% for Clinton to 36% for Trump and 11% for Johnson.
The survey was carried out by the Washington Post along with SurveyMonkey and its online polling resources.
The Quinnipiac University survey marks the first time Trump has led an OH presidential poll since May.
Mr Trump beat Clinton 45 to 43 per cent in the new CNN/ORC Poll, which showed stark divisions in the way different demographics plan to cast their ballots.
To say the result is surprising is an understatement. The S.C. Democratic Party touted the poll results as evidence the state could turn blue much sooner than anticipated.
Trump told reporters Monday that “on occasion”, he will invite journalists to travel with him. Both Brown and Pierce appear to be more popular with OR voters than the presidential candidates for their respective parties.
Most women said they would choose Clinton (53%) rather than Trump (38%) while the reverse was found to be true among men, 54% of whom said they back Trump, with 32% choosing Clinton. When third-party candidates are added into the mix, Clinton and Trump are still tied, this time at 43 percent.
The terrorism issue will be top of mind Wednesday night, when both candidates face the first mutually televised event of the campaign, a forum by NBC News on military issues.
Veterans and active duty troops overwhelmingly support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton, a new poll shows.
Clinton still leads in Pennsylvania, according to Quinnipiac, and is up 5 points in a one-on-one contest with Trump.
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Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, seized on the episode to tweak Clinton over her distance from the media – including not holding a full-blown press conference since last December.
