Donald Trump has a 20-point lead over Hillary Clinton among independents in New Hampshire, which is helping him to stay in a virtual tie in that state.
Trump leads Clinton 40-20 among independents, according to a new WMUR Granite State poll. That’s a big change from April, when Trump held a narrow 33-31 lead among independents.
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Overall, Clinton is beating Trump in the state, 39-37. But that’s inside the poll’s 4.2 percent margin of error. Another 18 percent say they would support another candidate, and 6 percent are undecided.
When another third-party is included, the race tightens. With Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein included, Clinton and Trump are tied at 37 percent. Ten percent go for Johnson, 5 percent pick Stein and 6 percent are undecided.
Survey center director Andrew Smith said Trump has closed the gap with Clinton because “he is the nominee now. There are no others for Republicans to wish they had as their candidate. As you get closer to the election, you’re stuck with him.”
The poll also shows that 60 percent of likely voters have made a definite decision about who they will vote for, while 16 percent are leaning toward someone and 24 percent are still trying to decide.
Trump won the Republican primary in New Hampshire, and Bernie Sanders ran away with the Democratic contest.
New Hampshire only has four electoral college votes, it is considered an important swing state that hasn’t voted for a Republican president since 2000.
