September 15, 2016 | No Comments
The national race for the presidency continues to tighten, as a new CBS News/New York Times poll out Thursday shows Hillary Clinton with just a 2-point edge over Donald Trump among likely voters.
In a two-way race among likely voters, Clinton received 46 percent, while Trump took 44 percent, with 5 percent choosing another candidate and 2 percent undecided. Among all registered voters surveyed, Clinton received 46 percent support, with 41 percent choosing Trump.
In a four-way race with Libertarian and Green Party nominees Gary Johnson and Jill Stein included, Clinton and Trump are tied with likely voters at 42 percent each, with Johnson at 8 percent and Stein at 4 percent. Among all registered voters surveyed, the results are similar, with Clinton at 41 percent, Trump at 39 percent, Johnson at 11 percent, Stein at 5 percent and 3 percent undecided.
The latest results come amid surging poll numbers for Trump in state and national polls, including favorable surveys for the Republican nominee in Ohio and Florida released Wednesday.
The poll was conducted Sept. 9-13, surveying a random sample of 1,753 adults nationwide, including 1,433 registered voters. The margin of error for the sample of likely voters was provided as plus or minus 3 percentage points.