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The Monmouth University Poll in the battleground state found Clinton had the support of 43% of likely Ohio voters while Trump had 39%. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson had the backing of 10% of those surveyed, and 8% were undecided.

A new poll in Ohio shows Hillary Clinton slightly ahead of Donald Trump but within the margin of error.

But if the state’s governor who has not endorsed Trump had been the nominee, Ohio would be quite a bit more likely to go red. The poll found that John Kasich would have led Clinton 57%-33% if the election were today.

The fact that Kasich has not endorsed the Republican nominee has not hurt him with Ohio voters. In fact, 38% thought more highly of him because he is not supporting Trump. Just 17% said they thought less highly of him.

Republican Sen. Rob Portman fared better than the top of the ticket. Portman, who is in a closely watched re-election race against former Democratic governor Ted Strickland, was ahead 48% to 40%.

The telephone poll was conducted Aug. 18-21 of 402 likely voters in the state. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 points.

According to the poll, 83 percent of Republicans are supporting Trump and 88 percent of Democrats are backing Clinton. Among independents, 35 percent support Trump, 35 percent support Clinton and 20 percent are backing Johnson.

Clinton leads Trump among black, Hispanic and Asian voters, 72 to 10 percent. Trump has an advantage over Clinton among white voters, 45 to 37 percent.

Both major party nominees have low favorability ratings, according to the poll. Only 29 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of Trump, and 58 percent have an unfavorable view. For Clinton, 33 percent have a favorable view, and 51 percent have an unfavorable opinion.