--- title: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton in Dead Heat in Georgia: Poll description: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are nearly tied for the support of likely voters in Georgia, according to a new poll. canonical: https://time.com/4557386/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-03T21:51:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:01.759Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Dead Heat in Georgia: Poll og:description: Trump is ahead of Clinton by one point in the red state og:url: https://time.com/4557386/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt074b9dd9ab7beb3d/6988acf4cd1bbaa9fb702f95/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: COMBO-US-VOTE-DEBATE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Dead Heat in Georgia: Poll twitter:description: Trump is ahead of Clinton by one point in the red state twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt074b9dd9ab7beb3d/6988acf4cd1bbaa9fb702f95/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Dead Heat in Georgia: Poll > Sponsored content. 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The Republican had a final opportunity to resurrect his campaign_  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Nov 3, 2016 9:51 PM UTC  This combination of pictures created on Oct. 9, 2016 shows Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on Oct. 9, 2016. This combination of pictures created on Oct. 9, 2016 shows Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on Oct. 9, 2016. PAUL J. RICHARDS—AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Nov 3, 2016 9:51 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4555119/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-impeachment/?xid=homepage) and [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4556119/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-emails/?xid=homepage) are nearly tied for the support of likely voters in Georgia less than a week before the presidential election, [according to a new poll](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/polls-trump-ahead-arizona-texas-deadlocked-georgia-n677626). Trump leads Clinton in the traditionally red state by one point in both a three-way race—since Green Party’s Jill Stein is not on the ballot in Georgia—and a two-way race, an NBC News/Wall Street _Journal_/Marist poll has found. The Republican nominee is ahead of Clinton 45% to 44%, with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson in the mix, and 47% to 46% without Johnson. Georgia last went Democrat in the 1992 election, when Bill Clinton won the state. The NBC/WSJ/Marist poll in Georgia was conducted between Oct. 30 and Nov. 1\. It interviewed 937 registered voters, with a margin of error of plus-minus 3.2 percentage points, and 707 likely voters, with a margin of error of plus-minus 3.7 percentage points. \[[_NBC_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/polls-trump-ahead-arizona-texas-deadlocked-georgia-n677626)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4557386/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4557386/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll/"},"headline":"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Dead Heat in Georgia: Poll","datePublished":"2016-11-03T21:51:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:01.759Z","description":"Trump is ahead of Clinton by one point in the red state","url":"https://time.com/4557386/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt074b9dd9ab7beb3d/6988acf4cd1bbaa9fb702f95/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt074b9dd9ab7beb3d/6988acf4cd1bbaa9fb702f95/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-georgia-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"COMBO-US-VOTE-DEBATE","caption":"COMBO-US-VOTE-DEBATE","creditText":"PAUL J. 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