Q Poll: Clinton, Trump Neck & Neck In Florida, North Carolina
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - The presidential race is too close to call in the battleground states of Florida and North Carolina, according to a new Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll.
The survey found in Florida, Hillary Clinton got 46 percent to Donald Trump's 45 percent, with 3 percent for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and 1 percent for Green party candidate Jill Stein. Those numbers are virtually unchanged from the November 2nd results.
In North Carolina, Clinton had 47 percent to Trump's 45 percent, with 3 percent for Johnson.
"After hundreds of millions of dollars and untold man-hours, and woman-hours, of campaigning, it would be fitting if the entire country broke into a chorus of "It's beginning to look like 2000," in the two states that matter most – Florida and North Carolina," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. "There is no realistic scenario under which Trump can win the White House without those two states, while Clinton might get there without them, but it's not a road she wants to travel."
When it came to early voting, Clinton scored 47 percent of Florida voters to Trump's 43 percent. Independent likely voters are split with 45 percent for Clinton and 44 percent for Trump. Trump leads 86 to 7 percent among Republicans, while Clinton takes Democrats 85 – 10 percent.
White voters back Trump 57 to 34 percent while non-white voters back Clinton 68 to 23 percent. Women go to Clinton 50 to 42 percent, while Trump leads among men 48 to 40 percent.
The also found some good news for Senator Marco Rubio who is running to keep his seat. Rubio led U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, the Democratic challenger, buy a margin of 50 to 43 percent.
In the Florida Senate race, early voters go 48 percent for Rubio and 46 percent for Murphy.
Rubio led 56 to 40 percent among men and 60 to 34 percent among white voters. Women were equally split at 46 to 46 percent. Murphy led 61 to 33 percent among non-white voters.
"U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is not getting the support a Democrat needs among women and non-white voters to overcome Sen. Marco Rubio's lead among men and white voters," Brown said.
The poll was conducted from November 3rd to 6th and had a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.
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