Hillary Clinton has a 3-point lead over Donald Trump in the swing state of New Hampshire, according to the latest WBUR-FM poll released Friday.

The survey, conducted Oct. 10-12 of 501 likely voters shows:

Clinton, 41 percent;

Trump, 38 percent;

Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson; 11 percent;

Green Party candidate Jill Stein: 3 percent.

The GOP nominee appears to be closing in on Clinton. Last month, the same poll showed the Democratic candidate ahead by 7 points — 42 percent to 35 percent.

Steve Koczela, president of the MASSInc Polling Group, said the results are running counter to a national trend.

"In the last couple of cycles, the margin in New Hampshire has been about the same as the margin nationwide, but this poll is a bit divergent from where the national polls have been coming in recently," Koczela said.

"Really, since the first debate, Clinton has widened her lead nationally, but the last couple of phone polls I've seen from New Hampshire, it's been a bit narrower," he added.

Trump supporters in New Hampshire are standing by their candidate.

"First of all, he's a buffoon, but that was 10 years ago. I presume he's changed, but we've all said things stupid," retired Federal Aviation Administration worker Don Rycroft said, referring to lewd comments about women Trump made in 2005.

Third-party candidates Johnson and Stein may be pulling votes away from Clinton. In a two-way matchup, the poll shows:

Clinton got 46 percent;

Trump got 41 percent.

Voters view Clinton more favorably than Trump:

40 percent find Clinton favorable;

34 percent find Trump favorable.

Voters also find both candidates unfavorable:

54 percent find Clinton unfavorable;

60 percent find Trump unfavorable.

The poll also showed that incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is facing a tight race and is tied with her Democratic opponent, former Gov. Maggie Hassan, at 47 percent.

Ayotte withdrew her support from Trump and it could be helping her candidacy.

Of those who took the poll, 61 percent said Ayotte did the right thing.