Poll: Trump leading in battleground NC

Donald Trump has a slim 2-point lead over Hillary Clinton in the swing state of North Carolina, a poll released Wednesday shows. 

{mosads}The Public Policy Polling survey shows Trump with 45 percent support, with Clinton at 43 percent and Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson at 6 percent. Trump’s lead falls within the poll’s margin of error. 

When voters are asked to choose between just Clinton and Trump, the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, they are tied at 47 percent. 

The poll also shows the majority of North Carolina voters who are undecided would prefer four more years of President Obama to the “sharp pivot to Trump’s vision for the country.”

Sixty-two percent said they would prefer more Obama, to only 5 percent who would take Trump’s direction. 

And overall, 51 percent of voters in the state would rather have four more years of Obama, compared with the 46 percent who prefer Trump. 

Meanwhile, Clinton continues to struggle with voters’ negative perception of her. 

Of voters who are undecided, only 10 percent have a favorable opinion of Clinton, compared with the 75 percent who have an unfavorable view. 

But 79 percent of undecided voters have a negative view of Trump, and 0 percent view him favorably. 

The poll surveyed 1,024 likely voters Sept. 18–20. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.