Clinton starts to break away in Florida, Trump in Ohio
By Nolan D. McCaskill
10/03/16 02:58 PM EDT
Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania but trails in Ohio, according to a batch of Quinnipiac University polls released Monday.
Clinton tops Trump by 5 percentage points in Florida (46 percent to 41 percent), 3 points in North Carolina (46 percent to 43 percent) and 4 points in Pennsylvania (45 percent to 41 percent). Trump, however, prevails by a 5 percent margin in Ohio (47 percent to 42 percent).
Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson polled in the single digits in each state, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein had no more than 2 percent support in the three states she was polled in (Stein is not on the ballot in North Carolina).
A Bloomberg Politics poll also released Monday indicates a tighter race in North Carolina, with Clinton holding a 46 percent-45 percent advantage in a head-to-head and a 44-43 advantage with third-party candidates included.
The series of Quinnipiac battleground state surveys show Clinton beginning to pull away in Florida as Trump does the same in Ohio.
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