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Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has 44 percent support in the state, with Clinton at 42 percent, according to the Remington Research Group survey. Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson Gary Earl JohnsonWhat the numbers say about Trump's chances at reelection Presidential race tightens in Minnesota as Trump plows resources into state The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden condemns violence, blames Trump for fomenting it l Bitter Mass. primaries reach the end l Super PAC spending set to explode MORE got 5 percent, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein got 2 percent.

The tight battle in Missouri comes as Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, sees a bounce in recent polls both nationally and in swing states.

She currently leads Trump by more than 7 points nationally in the RealClearPolitics polling average.

Most surveys conducted in the Show Me State have Trump leading by a comfortable margin, but a poll from late July found the two nominees virtually tied.

Missouri has gone Republican in nine of the last 12 presidential elections, including the last four in a row.

The Remington Research Group poll was conducted Aug. 5–6 and surveyed 1,280 likely voters. The margin of error was 3 percentage points.