Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are tied at 39 percent in a new poll of registered voters in Colorado with less than one week until Election Day.
Trump needs to pick up a state like Colorado, along with many others, in order to have any chance of winning enough Electoral College votes to defeat Clinton.
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Respondents in the University of Denver survey were evenly split between the Republican and Democratic nominees in a four-way match-up. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson received 5 percent and Green Party nominee took home 4 percent, according to the Oct. 29-31 study.
Trump has trailed Clinton in the Centennial State by an average of 3 to 5 points since early September, according to a RealClearPolitics polling average.
The billionaire businessman and former secretary of state are neck-in-neck, but the same poll shows more Clinton supporters have taken part in early voting than Trump backers, indicating the Republican could see a better payout on Nov. 8.
In a two-way race, Clinton beat Trump 42 percent to 41 percent, a statistical tie because of the poll’s 4 percent margin of error.
Floyd Ciruli, the Colorado pollster who conducted the survey, told the Denver Post the numbers are “reflective of the fact that this environment has turned negative for Clinton,” including the past weekend’s FBI announcement of a new probe of Clinton’s actions regarding her email server.
