Donald Trump has made recent gains in the political battleground state of Florida, but not in Ohio, a new CBS poll shows.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton still leads Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, in both states. But she now outpolls him by just two points in Florida, 44 percent to 42 percent, according to the poll.
Trump has also made larger gains than Clinton among voters in swing states asked about national security. Among voters in 13 battleground states polled by CBS, 40 percent said Trump is prepared to be commander in chief, up four points in the past week. Fifty-one percent said Clinton is prepared for the role, a one-point increase over the past week.
Yet Clinton is maintaining her moderate lead in Ohio, 46 percent to 39 percent, and still polls better than Trump on a number of other international questions as well. Fifty-four percent of respondents said she could negotiate well, compared to 46 percent saying that of Trump.
The poll was based on 3,870 interviews conducted via the Internet with registered voters in Florida, Ohio, Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. The margin of error is 3.9 percent for Ohio, 3.5 percent for Florida and 2.1 percent for the rest of the states.
