Eliza Collins, and Ledyard King

USA TODAY

A Suffolk University poll released Thursday shows Hillary Clinton has lost her lead from earlier this month.

The poll found Donald Trump had 45% support with likely Florida voters. Hillary Clinton had 44%. The 1-point difference is within the margin of error and puts them at a virtual tie. Libertarian Gary Johnson had 3% and Green Party’s Jill Stein had 1%.

There were two other candidates included in the survey — because there are six candidates on the Florida ballot — but neither hit 1% in this survey.

A poll Suffolk released in the beginning of August had Clinton 4 points ahead of Trump in a four-way race.

The poll was conducted Sept. 19-21 and included 500 likely Florida voters. The margin of error is 4.4 points.

The poll also showed GOP incumbent Marco Rubio with a nine-point lead (43%-34%) over Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy in the Florida senate race. That’s a slightly wider lead for Rubio than other polls have shown but it’s less than the 13-point margin (46%-33%) Rubio enjoyed in a poll Suffolk conducted in August.

The poll also showed Florida voters have a generally negative view of President Obama’s job performance. Despite recent pools nationally showing rising approval ratings, the Suffolk poll shows 49% give him a thumbs down compared to 46% percent who approve. In last month’s Suffolk poll, 48% approved while 45% gave him a thumbs down.