A second swing state poll released Thursday showed Democrat Hillary Clinton running ahead of Republican nominee Donald Trump, this time leading him by six points among likely voters in Florida.
The Suffolk University poll of likely Florida voters showed Clinton leading Trump, 48-42, when facing head-to-head.
Clinton’s lead narrows when third party candidates are introduced. She polled at 43 percent, Trump followed at 39 percent, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson polled at 4 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein polled at 3 percent.
Suffolk University has not surveyed Florida voters recently, but a previous Florida poll conducted by NBC/WSJ/Marist in July showed Clinton ahead of Trump by seven points.
The Florida poll follows a Franklin & Marshall poll released earlier Thursday that showed Clinton with an 11-point lead over Trump among likely voters in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania.
The Suffolk University poll was conducted Aug. 1-3 via telephone. The survey included 500 likely Florida voters with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
