Hillary Clinton earns a slight 2-point lead over Donald Trump among likely voters, according to a new national poll. | Getty Clinton, Trump race tightens in national poll

The national race for the presidency continues to tighten, as a new CBS News/New York Times poll out Thursday shows Hillary Clinton with just a 2-point edge over Donald Trump among likely voters.

In a two-way race among likely voters, Clinton received 46 percent, while Trump took 44 percent, with 5 percent choosing another candidate and 2 percent undecided. Among all registered voters surveyed, Clinton received 46 percent support, with 41 percent choosing Trump.


In a four-way race with Libertarian and Green Party nominees Gary Johnson and Jill Stein included, Clinton and Trump are tied with likely voters at 42 percent each, with Johnson at 8 percent and Stein at 4 percent. Among all registered voters surveyed, the results are similar, with Clinton at 41 percent, Trump at 39 percent, Johnson at 11 percent, Stein at 5 percent and 3 percent undecided.

The latest results come amid surging poll numbers for Trump in state and national polls, including favorable surveys for the Republican nominee in Ohio and Florida released Wednesday.

A national Quinnipiac University poll out Wednesday showed Trump cutting his deficit against Clinton in half compared with the last survey in August, and in the four-way race, the Democratic nominee's lead went from seven points to just two.

The poll was conducted Sept. 9-13, surveying a random sample of 1,753 adults nationwide, including 1,433 registered voters. The margin of error for the sample of likely voters was provided as plus or minus 3 percentage points.