Latest Poll Shows Trump and Clinton Essentially Tied In Traditionally Red Alaska

It looks like the closer we get to Election Day, the more Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is expending her voting map.

In a poll conducted by Lake Research Group in Alaska, Clinton and GOP candidate Donald Trump are essentially tied. Trump leads the former Secretary of State by a single percentage point, 37& to 36%. Libertarian Gary Johnson pulls seven percent and Stein tallies three points in the survey of 500 likely voters.

The poll shows a huge swing for Clinton from the same one done in August, which showed her trailing the real estate mogul by eight points.

The survey isn’t necessarily an outlier, either. A poll last week done by the Alaska Dispatch News showed Trump up by less than six points. Alaska has only voted for one Democratic presidential candidate since becoming a state in 1959.

This isn’t the only traditionally red state that Hillary is looking to flip. Polls show both Georgia and Arizona as toss-ups, and Clinton’s team has recently committed to a $2 million ad buy in Arizona and will be sending Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama to campaign there this week.

Currently, Clinton is up by 5.5 points in the Real Clear Politics national polling average.

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