LA Times Poll: Trump Ahead of Clinton by 5 Points

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By    |   Friday, 30 September 2016 08:28 AM EDT ET

Donald Trump is ahead of Hillary Clinton by 5 points according to the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times tracking poll released Friday.

The results:

  • Trump: 47.3 percent;
  • Clinton: 41.7 percent.

Breaking down the results by age:

Voters 18-34:

  • Trump: 45 percent;
  • Clinton: 37.5 percent.

Voters 35-64:

  • Trump: 47.1 percent;
  • Clinton: 43.2 percent.

Voters 65 and up:

  • Trump: 50.3 percent;
  • Clinton: 43.6 percent.

Breaking down the results by education:

High school or less:

  • Trump: 55.3 percent;
  • Clinton: 35 percent.

Some college:

  • Trump: 49.9 percent;
  • Clinton: 38.6 percent.

College graduates and up:

  • Clinton: 51.6 percent;
  • Trump 36.4 percent.

By race and ethnicity, Trump leads among whites and others who don't identify as black or Latino, but Clinton leads among African-American and Latino voters. 

Whites:

  • Trump 55.5 percent;
  • Clinton: 33.4 percent.

Blacks:

  • Clinton: 73.1 percent;
  • Trump: 16.9 percent.

Latinos:

  • Clinton: 54.5 percent;
  • Trump: 33.8 percent.

Other:

  • Trump: 50.1 percent;
  • Clinton: 39 percent.

By gender, Trump's support among men has been "fairly steady," according to the poll.

Males:

  • Trump: 54.7 percent;
  • Clinton: 35.3 percent.

Females:

  • Clinton: 48 percent;
  • Trump 40 percent.

The poll is a weighted average of responses from about 3,000 voters.

RealClearPolitics included the LA Times poll in its average of several major surveys, and found Clinton ahead by 2.9 points overall.

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