Has Trump Put Texas in Play?
Clinton trails by 6 points in state Romney won by 16 points in 2012, poll shows
Hillary Clinton is within striking distance of Donald Trump in Texas, according to a new poll.
Public Policy Polling, a firm that does polling largely for Democrats, found that Trump beats Clinton by 6 points in Texas, where Mitt Romney beat President Barack Obama by 16 points in 2012.
In a four-way race, Trump led with 44 percent of the vote to 38 percent for Clinton, 6 percent for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and 2 percent for Jill Stein of the Green Party. Head-to-head, the Republican candidate maintained his 6 point lead over Clinton, 50 percent to 44 percent.
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Trump’s lead largely stems from his advantage among seniors, among whom he led 63 percent to 33 percent. But Clinton leads Trump with voters younger than 65 by 4 points and beats him with voters younger than 45 by 25 points.
Still, Clinton remains unpopular in deep-red Texas, with only a 36 percent favorability rating.
PPP surveyed 944 likely voters — 80 percent over the phone and 20 percent over the internet — from Aug. 12 to 14. The poll has a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points.
