TRUMP UP 2 POINTS in Florida – Holds 16 Percent Support from Black Voters

Trump claps and smiles in appreciation of supporters at end of Lakeland, FL rally Oct 12, 2016
Trump claps and smiles in appreciation of supporters at end of Lakeland, FL rally Oct 12, 2016

Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 2 points in the latest Florida poll.
The Republican contender holds 16 percent support from black voters.
Bloomberg reported:

Donald Trump has a slim advantage in Florida as critical independent voters narrowly break his way in the must-win battleground state, a Bloomberg Politics poll shows.

The Republican presidential nominee has 45 percent to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s 43 percent among likely voters when third-party candidates are included, the poll found. In a hypothetical two-way race, Trump has 46 percent to Clinton’s 45 percent.

Among independents, Trump gets 43 percent to Clinton’s 41 percent in a head-to-head contest. When third-party candidates are included, Trump picks up 1 point with independents while Clinton drops to 37 percent, with Libertarian Gary Johnson taking 9 percent and the Green Party’s Jill Stein getting 5 percent.

“This race may come down to the independent vote,” said pollster J. Ann Selzer, who oversaw the survey. “Right now, they tilt for Trump. By a narrow margin, they opted for Obama over Romney in 2012.”

Trump’s showing in this poll is stronger than in other recent surveys in the state. Clinton had an advantage of 3.1 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics Florida average on Tuesday.

There’s more…
Trump is earning about 16 percent of Black voters’ support in recent polls. That is almost triple the 6 percent that 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney received running against President Barack Obama.

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