Mason/Dixon Poll: HRC leads in Florida thanks to big edge with Latino/AA voters
Hillary Clinton holds a 3-point lead over Donald Trump in a new Florida poll that shows Hispanics are helping the Democrat and also that the newly named Libertarian presidential candidate might be hurting the Republican.
Clintons 45-42 percent lead over Trump in the Mason-Dixon Polling & Research survey resembles other recent Florida polls that showed a close race between the two. However, unlike other Florida surveys, Mason-Dixon polled Libertarian Gary Johnson for the first time in the state and found he comes in a distant third, with 6 percent.
In a state known for close top-of-the-ticket races, Johnsons relatively small support could have big consequences.
Clinton is gaining her edge in two key areas some defections from Trump to Johnson among white Republican and independent voters and extremely strong support for her among Hispanics (68%), Mason-Dixon pollster Brad Coker wrote in a memo for the poll of 625 likely voters. Its error margin is 4 points.
Trumps standing among Hispanics has been abysmal in nearly every recent poll taken in Florida, where 15 percent of the registered voters are Latino. Clinton does even better among black voters, who are about 14 percent of the voter rolls and back her over Trump by 90-4 percent.
Meanwhile: Sanders can only muster a 42%-42% tie.
http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/06/clinton-leads-trump-by-3-in-new-florida-poll-102462