Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in tight races in Florida, Nevada, and Arizona and Clinton has a wide lead in Rhode Island, according to Emerson College polls.
The poll results are:
Florida:
- Trump: 45 percent;
- Clinton: 44 percent;
- Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson: 4 percent;
- Green Party candidate Jill Stein: 3 percent;
- Unsure: 4 percent.
Nevada:
- Trump: 43 percent;
- Clinton: 43 percent;
- Johnson: 9 percent;
- Stein: 4 percent;
- Unsure: 2 percent.
Arizona:
- Trump: 42 percent;
- Clinton: 44 percent;
- Johnson: 9 percent;
- Stein: 1 percent;
- Unsure: 6 percent.
Rhode Island:
- Trump: 32 percent;
- Clinton: 52 percent;
- Johnson, 5 percent;
- Stein, 5 percent;
- Unsure, 6 percent.
The Washington Examiner analyzed poll results and found that Bernie Sanders supporters appear to be joining Clinton's team. Nearly eight out of 10 Sanders supporters in Arizona said they now support Clinton, compared to 50 percent in early September.
Independent voters in the four states are split over the decision. Trump leads Clinton by 11 in Nevada and 6 points in Rhode Island, and Clinton is ahead of Trump by 5 points in Florida and Arizona.
Hispanic voters in three of the states appear to favor Clinton, the poll results showed. The former secretary of state leads Trump by 38 points in Nevada, 14 points in Arizona, and 23 points in Nevada.
The poll was conducted among 700 likely voters in Nevada and 600 likely voters in Florida, Arizona, and Rhode Island.
The GOP is showing signs of strength in U.S. Senate races in three of those states, according to other Emerson poll results.
Florida:
- Sen. Marco Rubio: 47 percent;
- Rep. Patrick Murphy: 39 percent.
Arizona:
- Sen. John McCain: 52 percent;
- Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, 38 percent.
Nevada (to replace retiring Democrat Harry Reid):
- Rep. Joe Heck: 45 percent;
- Former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto: 41 percent.
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