Q Poll: Trump, Clinton Neck And Neck In Florida
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Six months away from the presidential election, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are running neck and neck in Florida.
In a new Quinnipiac University poll, respondents put Clinton at 43 percent, with 42 percent for Trump and Sanders at 44 percent to Trump's 42 percent.
Clinton was more popular among female voters with a 48 – 35 percent lead over Trump.
The real estate billionaire trumped Clinton when it came to men, 49 – 36 percent lead.
White voters go Republican 52 – 33 percent, while non-white voters go Democratic 63 – 20 percent. Voters 18 to 34 years old back Clinton 49 – 27 percent, while voters over 65 years old back Trump 50 – 37 percent.
Clinton and Trump each get a negative 37 – 57 percent favorability rating.
By a margin of 54 – 40 percent, Florida voters said that Trump would do a better job than Clinton handling the economy; 49 – 43 percent said the he would be better on terrorism.
Voters say 52 – 38 percent that Clinton is more intelligent than Trump and 46 – 41 percent that she has higher moral standards.
When it came to having the temperament to handle an international crisis, Florida voters sided with Clinton 54 – 44 percent. As for Trump, voters said 62 – 34 percent he does not.
Florida voters split 48 – 48 percent on whether the U.S. should build a wall along the Mexican border. Men support the wall 54 – 44 percent, with women opposed 52 – 43 percent. White voters want a wall 55 – 41 percent, with non-white voters opposed 65 – 31 percent.
Fifty seven percent of voters said illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. and apply for citizenship, while 11 percent said they could stay but not apply for citizenship. Twenty five percent said they should be required to leave the U.S.
The Quinnipiac University survey was taken from April 27 to May 8th and has a 3 percentage point margin of error.
While the race may be too close to call in the state, it's definitely not in Miami-Dade.
And that's good news for Clinton.
A Bendixen & Amandi International poll for the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, WLRN and Univision 23 showed 52 percent would support Clinton, 25 percent Trump and 23 percent were still undecided.
Clinton pulls support from 79 percent of Democrats, with only 6 percent of them backing Trump. She's also drawing about one-fifth of Republican voters. Among voters without party affiliation, the Clinton-Trump split is 49-28 percent, with 23 percent undecided. Clinton leads among every age group — especially among younger voters — and among both men and women — especially among women.
But it's not all bad news for Trump. He's leads Clinton 41-29 percent among Cuban-American voters, defined as those born in Cuba or with Cuban parents or grandparents.
The survey was taken from May 1st through the 4th and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald contributed to this report.
