--- ---  # Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump in Georgia by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 5, 2016 4:56 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, PA, on July 28, 2016 (L); Donald Trump in Cleveland, OH, on July 20, 2016. Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, PA, on July 28, 2016 (L); Donald Trump in Cleveland, OH, on July 20, 2016.Getty Images (2) by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 5, 2016 4:56 PM UTC Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may face trouble in Georgia, as [a new poll](http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/08/05/ajc-poll-hillary-clinton-has-slim-lead-over-donald-trump-in-georgia/) shows Democrat Hillary Clinton building a slim lead. An Atlanta _Journal-Constitution_ poll released Friday shows Clinton at 44% to Trump’s 40% in a two-way race. In a four-way race, however, Clinton leads Trump 41% to 38%, with 11% voting for Libertarian Gary Johnson and 2% picking Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Georgia, with its 16 electoral votes, is not normally seen as a swing state, having voted for the Republican nominee since 1996. The poll comes after [a tough week for Trump](http://time.com/4441007/morning-must-reads-donald-trump/), who has seen a post-convention slump in the polls. A [feud with the Khan family](http://time.com/4436076/khizr-khan-donald-trump-john-mccain/), parents of a slain Muslim American soldier, and [a refusal to endorse](http://time.com/4435974/donald-trump-paul-ryan-john-mccain-endorse/) either House Speaker Paul Ryan or Sen. John McCain. Trump held a 45% to 41% lead over Clinton in May, according to the _Journal-Constitution_. The poll of 847 registered voters was conducted between Aug. 1-4\. It has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points. Hillary Clinton Holds Slim Lead Over Donald Trump in Georgia ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4441131/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-georgia-august/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4441131/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-georgia-august/"},"headline":"Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump in Georgia","datePublished":"2016-08-05T16:56:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:48:18.406Z","description":"Not normally a swing state","url":"https://time.com/4441131/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-georgia-august/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","georgia","Poll","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1bc309415409595/6988a07a196cf4d08003caba/cinton-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1bc309415409595/6988a07a196cf4d08003caba/cinton-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cinton-trump","caption":"Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, PA, on July 28, 2016 (L); Donald Trump in Cleveland, OH, on July 20, 2016.","creditText":"Getty Images (2)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4441131/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-georgia-august/","name":"Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump in Georgia"}}]}] ```