Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump appears to be closing the general election gap between him and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a new poll.
Clinton leads the New York billionaire by just three percentage points nationally, 46-43 percent, in George Washington University’s latest battleground survey of likely U.S. voters.
The poll suggests that Clinton’s Democratic challenger, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, would do far better against Trump if the two candidates went head-to-head in November. Sanders carries an 11-point edge over Trump with 10 percent of voters undecided.
Among all of the remaining 2016 hopefuls, Sanders also attracted the greatest percentage of voters (51 percent) who would consider supporting his candidacy. Clinton and Ohio Gov. John Kasich followed, with 46 percent of voters indicating they would be willing to support either candidate.
Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz were the least popular candidates among voters, with 41 and 39 percent, respectively, willing to support either of their candidacies.
Nearly nine in 10 survey respondents said they’ve followed the current presidential election cycle “very” or “somewhat” closely, while 52 percent have periodically received updates about the candidates and their campaigns on social media.
In recent weeks, Trump has trailed Clinton by double digits in most national polls.
The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted April 17-20. Results contain a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent.
