Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJudge's ruling puts competitive Minnesota House race back on track for November The Memo: Trump searches for path to comeback Overnight Defense: Trump sows confusion over Afghanistan troop levels | Trump tells Iran not to 'f--- around' with US | Supervisor of soldiers who appeared at Democratic convention faces discipline MORE and Donald Trump
Donald John TrumpFederal judge shoots down Texas proclamation allowing one ballot drop-off location per county Nine people who attended Trump rally in Minnesota contracted coronavirus Schiff: If Trump wanted more infections 'would he be doing anything different?' MORE are in a tight race in North Carolina, according to a new CNN/ORC battleground state poll released Wednesday.
Clinton, the Democratic nominee, has 44 percent support among registered voters, and Republican nominee Trump has 43 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson
Gary Earl JohnsonPoll: Biden notches 7-point lead ahead of Trump in New Hampshire One down, three more debates to go The Memo: 'Trump fatigue' spells trouble for president MORE has 11 percent.
North Carolina has chosen the GOP contender in eight of the last nine presidential elections. The lone exception was President Obama's win there in 2008.
Clinton has an 8-point edge over Trump among whites with college degrees, the poll found. But Trump has a 42-point advantage among whites without college degrees.
Clinton also has a big lead among black voters. She has 88 percent support among blacks, with Johnson at 7 percent and Trump in third place, at 3 percent.
Women choose Clinton over Trump by 8 percentage points, but men side with Trump by a 7-point margin.
Both candidates poll about evenly on who would better handle immigration, with 49 percent saying Trump and 47 percent backing Clinton.
The poll was conducted among 1,009 adults including 912 registered voters from Aug. 18 to 23. The margin of error is 3.5 points.
According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls in North Carolina, Clinton has a 1.8-point lead over Trump, 45 percent to 43.2 percent.