Donald Trump holds a lead in Utah, but independent candidate Evan McMullin is catching up. | Getty Poll: Trump leads Clinton by 6 points in Utah as McMullin gains support

Donald Trump continues to hold onto a lead among likely voters in the traditionally deep-red state of Utah, according to a new Monmouth University poll, but he is ahead of Hillary Clinton by only 6 points as almost a quarter of voters flock to independent candidate Evan McMullin.

Among 402 likely voters in the state surveyed from Oct. 30 through Nov. 2, 37 percent said they support Trump, while 31 percent said they support Clinton.


Twenty-four percent back McMullin, a conservative who is running a campaign focused on Utah, where he was born. The state's large Mormon population has proved resistant to Trump’s candidacy, particularly after a damaging 2005 tape surfaced last month showing the billionaire bragging about sexual assault. McMullin gained support in the state after Monmouth’s last survey, in October, when he registered at 20 percent.

Four percent of voters surveyed said they support Libertarian Gary Johnson, and 1 percent indicated support for the Green Party’s Jill Stein.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.