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8 year oldHillary Clinton and Donald Trump are in a virtual tie in a national poll released Thursday.
The CBS News/New York Times poll of likely voters found that the Democratic nominee is just 2 points ahead of Trump in a two-way matchup (46%-44%.) That difference is within the margin of error.
Trump leads with men, 50%-39%, while Clinton leads with women, 52%-39%.
Trump also leads Clinton with white voters, 51%-40%.
And despite recent efforts to increase support from African Americans from Trump, Clinton had a massive lead with black voters: 89% to Trump’s 6%.
When Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein were added into the mix, Clinton and Trump tied at 42%. Johnson had 8% and Stein had 4%.
The telephone poll was conducted Sept. 9-13. The sample of likely voters came from 1,433 registered voters who were each assigned with a probability of voting based on their responses to the survey. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 points.
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