Republican nominee Donald Trump now leads in the key swing state of Florida, according to a Bloomberg poll published Wednesday.
Trump earned 45 percent in the four-way poll, leading Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s 43 percent support among likely voters. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson did well, earning 9 percent. Green Party nominee Jill Stein earned 5 percent of the vote.
Trump still led Clinton in the two-way poll, earning 46 percent to Clinton’s 45 percent support. Trump led Clinton with Independent voters, earning 43 percent to Clinton’s 41 percent. Interestingly, Trump gains and Clinton loses with Independents when the polling includes Johnson. (RELATED: New Numbers Reveal Trump Is Ahead In Florida, Contradicting Media Narrative)
“This race may come down to the independent vote,” pollster J. Ann Selzer wrote in the accompanying statement “Right now, they tilt for Trump. By a narrow margin, they opted for Obama over Romney in 2012.”
Clinton still has a 1.6 percent lead in the Real Clear state average, earning 46.4 percent compared to Trump’s 44.8 percent. Clinton’s highest polling last week was a four point lead in the local Fox 13 poll.
The poll included 935 likely Florida voters, and ran from Oct. 21 through Oct. 24. The poll carried a margin of error of 3.5 percent.
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