A new New York Times Upshot/Siena College Research Institute poll of likely Florida voters puts GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton nearly tied in a four-way race for Florida's electoral votes.
According to the poll, released on Monday:
- Clinton: 41 percent;
- Trump: 40 percent;
- Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson: 9 percent;
- Green Party nominee Jill Stein, 2 percent.
The results between Clinton and Trump fall within the poll's 3.3 percentage point margin of error.
"Trump has as large a lead among Republicans (78 percent) as Clinton does with Democrats (77 percent) and independents are evenly split at 34 percent for Trump and 32 percent for Clinton with 18 percent for Johnson. Women lean towards Clinton but men tend to support Trump," said Siena College Poll Director Don Levy.
"Trump leads in the North, Bay Area and Central portions of the state," Levy continued, and "Clinton leads in the vote rich Southeast and the Southwest is a toss-up. There is not only a significant gender gap in this race, but also large racial divides."
Trump leads among white voters, while Clinton holds commanding leads among African-American and Hispanic/Latino voters, the poll shows:
- White voters: Trump, 51-30 percent;
- African-Americans: Clinton, 82-4 percent;
- Hispanics: Clinton, 61-21 percent.
When it comes to issues:
- Additional federal gun control legislation: support, 49-43 percent;
- Mexican border wall: Oppose, 50-43 percent;
- Government stimulus programs: Support, 44-37 percent;
- Affordable Care Act: Oppose, 51-42 percent;
- Deporting undocumented immigrants: Divided, 44-43 percent.
The telephone poll was conducted from September 10-14 of 867 likely voters.
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