Hillary Clinton is leading 44 percent to 40 percent among likely voters in a four-way race. | AP Photo National poll: Clinton leads by 4 points

With two days remaining before the general election, Hillary Clinton is holding her lead over Donald Trump by 4 points, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

The Democratic nominee is leading 44 percent to 40 percent among likely voters in a four-way race, according to the poll, released Sunday. Libertarian Gary Johnson is at 6 percent, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein is at 2 percent, according to the poll.


In a head-to-head match, Clinton is up 5 points over Trump, 48 percent to 43 percent.

Clinton's edge has shrunk from the most recent previous Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, published in October, in which she held an 11-point lead over Trump, 48 percent to 37 percent.

The poll was conducted Nov. 3-5, with 1,282 likely voters interviewed. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

Clinton leads among female voters over the GOP nominee in a two-way race, 53 percent to 38 percent. Trump, however, leads among men, 47 percent to 42 percent.

Among African-American voters, Clinton is ahead, with support from 86 percent compared with Trump's 7 percent. Clinton leads among Latino voters 65 percent to 20 percent.

Trump, however, leads among white voters, 53 percent to 38 percent. White voters without a college degree support Trump over Clinton, 60 percent to 30 percent, while white voters with a college degree lean toward Clinton, 51 percent to 41 percent.

Clinton is leading among early voters — a push she has made for the past several weeks — 53 percent to 39 percent. Trump is leading among voters who plan to cast their ballot on Election Day, though, 48 percent to 41 percent.

Come Election Day, if Clinton wins, a majority of voters will be OK with her as president. Fifty-two percent of likely voters said they are comfortable and prepared if Clinton makes it to the White House, compared with 46 percent who said they would not be comfortable.

If Trump wins, 43 percent of likely voters said they would be comfortable with him as president, and 54 percent said they would be uncomfortable.