Hillary Clinton claims a 6-point lead in Florida
Hillary Clinton can now add Florida to the list of swing states where she leads Donald Trump in the polls. A new survey of the Sunshine State by Suffolk University out Thursday showed Clinton with a 6-point lead over Trump, pulling 48 percent support to Trump's 42 percent in the crucial battleground state. Nine percent of Florida voters remain undecided.
When third-party candidates are added into the mix, Clinton's margin shrinks somewhat but she still holds the lead. In a four-way race, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson claims 4 percent, Green Party candidate Jill Stein gets 3 percent, Trump snags 39 percent, and Clinton leads with 43 percent.
Clinton is strong among women, a group she leads Trump with by 12 points. With voters in the more cosmopolitan south Florida, Clinton is ahead by a whopping 24 points. However, Trump still has a slight edge among men, 46 percent to 44 percent, and he polls better in northern Florida, where he leads Clinton 54 percent to 39 percent.
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As far as other swing states, Clinton leads Trump by 15 points in New Hampshire, 9 points in Michigan, and 11 points in Pennsylvania.
The Suffolk poll's margin of error is plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
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