Poll: Hillary Clinton are Trump are virtually tied in North Carolina
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are virtually tied in the key battleground state of North Carolina -- Hillary Clinton has an edge of just one percentage point, according to a Monmouth University survey released Monday.
Released only 15 days before Election Day on Nov. 8, the poll found 47 percent of likely voters support Clinton and 46 percent back Trump. Four percent said they plan to vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson.
Monmouth’s last North Carolina poll from August also had Clinton leading by a slim 2-percentage-point margin -- 44 percent to 42 percent -- with 7 percent supporting Johnson.
Clinton, who rallied voters in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday, has an overwhelming lead among black, Asian and Hispanic voters in the state, with 78 percent supporting her, while Trump leads among white voters with 59 percent backing him. He leads among both white men and white women.
Only a third of the voters view Trump favorably and 35 percent said the same about Clinton.
As far as the state’s Senate race, incumbent GOP Sen. Richard Burr is leading his Democratic challenger Deborah Ross 49 percent to 43 percent. Two months ago, Burr was only ahead by 2 percentage points.
While President Obama won the state in 2008, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney carried it in 2012. North Carolina has already begun offering early voting.
The poll surveyed 402 North Carolina likely voters between Oct. 20 and 23 with a 4.9 percentage point margin of error.