Presidential races

Poll: Clinton up 7 on Trump in Pennsylvania

Hillary Clinton is 7 points ahead of Donald Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania less than two weeks from Election Day, according to a new poll.

Clinton leads Trump, 46 percent to 39 percent, in the New York Times/Siena College survey released Thursday.

{mosads}Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson nets 6 percent support, followed by Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s 3 percent.

Five percent are undecided.

Pollsters found Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, retains her edge in a head-to-head matchup with Trump.

Forty-nine percent back her in that scenario, versus 42 percent who support the Republican presidential nominee.

Five percent are also undecided.

Thursday’s results additionally found Clinton and Trump are both deeply unpopular in the Keystone State.

Fifty-three percent view Clinton unfavorably, contrasted by 44 percent who see her in a positive light.

Trump fares even worse, however, with 59 percent viewing him negatively and 38 percent favorably. 

Trump has heavily invested in Pennsylvania, chipping away at Clinton’s lead there.

Clinton topped Trump by about 9 points in the RealClearPolitics average there as recently as two weeks ago. The former secretary of State’s edge now hovers around 4 points in the battleground state.

Clinton leads Trump by about 5 points nationwide in the same index of polls.

The new survey of 824 likely voters in Pennsylvania was conducted between Oct. 23 and 25. It has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.