Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster
A new poll shows Donald Trump has a slight edge over Hillary Clinton in the Sunshine State.
According to a new Dixie Strategies poll, nearly 46 percent of likely Florida voters said they were backing Trump, compared to 42 percent who said they supported Clinton. Libertarian Gary Johnson received 2 percent, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein got 1 percent.
More than 6 percent of voters said they were undecided.
The automated poll of 698 likely voters was conducted Oct. 25 and Oct. 26. It has a margin of error of 3.7 percent.
The poll found Trump had the backing of 79 percent of Republicans and 46 percent of independent voters. Nearly 39 percent of independent voters said they were backing Clinton. She also had the support of 72 percent of Democrats.
About 87 percent of African-American voters and 49 percent of Hispanic voters said they backed Clinton. Trump had the support of nearly 60 percent of white voters.
The poll is in line with a Bloomberg poll of Florida voters, released earlier in the week. That poll had Trump leading Clinton, 45 percent to 43 percent. According to RealClearPolitics, Clinton has an average lead of 1.9 percentage points.
The Dixie Strategies poll showed Sen. Marco Rubio continues to lead Rep. Patrick Murphy. According to the poll, nearly 49 percent of likely voters back Rubio, compared to 43 percent backing Murphy. More than 8 percent of likely voters said they were still undecided.
