Albuquerque Journal Poll: Close race in New Mexico--could Johnson be the spoiler?

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Clinton received 35 percent support and Trump 31 percent support. Twenty-four percent of New Mexicans favored Johnson, a former governor of the state, while 2 percent favored Green Party candidate Jill Stein, according to the poll conducted last week by Research & Polling Inc.

“The election is close in New Mexico,” said Brian Sanderoff, president of Research & Polling Inc. “The bottom line is that New Mexico is more competitive than I expected.”

Six percent of respondents in the Journal’s presidential poll said they remained undecided, or didn’t know who they would cast a ballot for on Election Day. The poll was conducted from Sept. 27-29, beginning the day after the first presidential debate.

When the third-party candidates – Johnson and Stein – were removed from the Journal poll and voters were asked who they preferred in a head-to-head matchup between Trump and Clinton, Clinton’s lead increased from four points to 10 points.

Forty-four percent of likely New Mexico voters voiced a preference for Clinton compared to 34 percent who favored Trump when the polling question included only those two candidates.

https://www.abqjournal.com/857961/clinton-trump-in-tight-race-in-new-mexico.html

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2. She's winning them over and the last debate helped according to other polls I've seen

She's getting much more than 20% she usually is leading by 2-1, but you're right she needs to excite them more and make sure they turn out and vote.

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3. The Albuquerque Journal

is a republican owned newspaper. They have had particularly brutal editorials against HRC. Brian Sanderoff is a republican pollster.