Hillary Clinton continues to hold onto a 5-point lead over Donald Trump, creeping closer to the magical 50 percent marker with just over two weeks left until election day, according to a new poll.
A new CNN/ORC national poll of likely voters shows that Clinton leads Trump by 5 points, taking 49 percent support to the GOP nominee’s 44 percent. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson earns only 3 percent, while Green Party nominee Jill Stein takes 2 percent.
In a pure head-to-head matchup, Clinton’s lead expands to 6 points, holding 51 percent to Trump’s 45 percent.
The poll of 779 likely voters was taken from Oct. 20-23 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.
The margin between the two candidats remains unchanged since CNN’s last poll, when Clinton held a 5-point advantage in early October. Since then, both Clinton and Trump have shored up their support among their bases.
For Clinton, she has seen her support rise among the Obama coalition, nonwhite and young voters. Among voters under the age of 45, Clinton now leads with more than 50 percent support, taking 53 percent — up from 47 percent in CNN’s previous poll.
Trump has also seen his support among white voters rise, ticking up from 49 percent to 54 percent since the last poll, thanks largely to white voters who do not hold a college degree. That group breaks for Trump by a 62 percent-32 percent margin. However, Clinton still leads among college graduates by 11 points (52 percent-41 percent).
According to the latest RealClearPolitics average, Clinton holds a 5.8-point advantage over Trump, taking 45 percent to Trump’s 39.2 percent.
