Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton 45 percent to 43 percent in North Carolina, according to a new poll of likely voters out Tuesday from Emerson College.
Libertarian Gary Johnson holds 8 percent of the vote, with the Green Party’s Jill Stein at 2 percent and another 2 percent undecided.
The survey was Emerson College’s first general election poll of North Carolina. Although the results are within the margin of error, Clinton leads Trump 54 percent to 33 percent when voters were asked which candidate they expect to win in November.
The poll found Trump does better with independent voters than Clinton, leading 45-34, with Johnson getting 14 percent of the independent vote. White voters favored Trump over Clinton 63-24, whereas African American voters favored Clinton 75-16 percent, Hispanic voters 59-15 and multiracial voters 94-6.
Clinton also has a narrow lead over Trump among women, 49-44, while men are more likely to support Trump 47-37, according to the survey.
The Emerson College poll was conducted Aug. 27-29 and surveyed 800 likely general election voters using an automated survey on landline phones. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.4 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average in North Carolina shows Trump leading Clinton 43.9 percent to 43.1 percent.
