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.
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.
Florida, one of two states Trump calls home, is rated by major election forecasters as a toss-up or leaning toward Clinton. If Trump won all the states Mitt Romney did in 2012, plus Florida�s�29 Electoral College votes, he�d still be 35 electoral�votes short of the 270 needed to win the White House.
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