TALLAHASSEE Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by a 47-39 percent margin in Florida in a new poll from Quinnipiac University.

The poll, conducted from June 8-19, showed Clinton improving her lead in the nation’s largest swing state in presidential elections from a 43-42 percent lead in May.

In a race with third-party candidates, Clinton leads Trump 42-36 percent, with 7 percent for Libertarian Gary Johnson.

Trump is holding his Republican base in Florida by an 82-8 percent margin but losing independent voters 35-44 percent to Clinton, who leads Democratic voters 93-2 percent.

Clinton has increased her lead among women voters to 52-34 percent, while narrowing Trump’s lead among men to 45-41 percent. Clinton leads Trump 72-15 percent among non-white voters, including Hispanics, while Trump holds a 51-36 percent lead among white voters, Quinnipiac said.

Both candidates have negative favorability ratings, with Clinton at 39-53 percent and Trump at 33-61 percent.

The new Quinnipiac poll showed Florida was Clinton’s best state among the largest swing states, including Ohio and Pennsylvania, where the two candidates were essentially tied in head-to-head matchups.

“Of the three swing states, Florida has the largest number of electoral votes. In fact, it has the most of any of the roughly dozen states around the country considered to be in play,” said Quinnipiac pollster Peter Brown.

“It is Hillary Clinton’s best state and perhaps Donald Trump’s toughest lift. One reason might be Florida has a larger Hispanic population than the other two states and Trump has clashed with Hispanic leaders over some of his remarks,” Brown said.

By a 58-35 percent margin, Florida voters said Trump's statement about a federal judge's Mexican heritage was a "racist" statement, the poll showed.

The Quinnipiac poll surveyed 975 Florida voters and has a margin of error of 3.1 percent.

Full details of the poll can be found here.