New Hampshire poll: Clinton holds slim lead

by Jesse Byrnes - 10/06/16 12:30 PM ET

Hillary Clinton holds a slim lead over Donald Trump in New Hampshire, according to a poll released Thursday.

Clinton is supported by 44 percent of likely Granite State voters in the Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll, while Trump has 42 percent.

{mosads}Five percent support Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson, 1 percent support Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and 7 percent are undecided.

Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has never led in a New Hampshire poll against Clinton, the Democratic nominee, and she held an advantage between 2 and 9 points in four polls conducted last month.

“What makes New Hampshire unique is the drop of Johnson support, and these voters going to Trump,” David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, told the Globe.

“Our poll shows that neither campaign can make any presumptions about winning New Hampshire. It will likely go down to the wire. Johnson voters may be the key to who wins,” he said.

Clinton holds a 16-point lead among women, 51 percent to 35 percent, in the latest poll, while Trump has a 13-point lead among men, 49 percent to 36 percent.

Both candidates remain deeply unpopular among New Hampshire voters: Fifty-seven percent view Trump unfavorably, and 49 percent view Clinton unfavorably.

Republicans in the state have a slight edge in voter registration over Democrats, 32 percent to 29 percent, while 39 percent are undeclared or independent voters.

The survey of 500 likely voters was conducted Oct. 3–5 via landlines and cellphones with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.

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