In a four-way race, Donald Trump garnered the support of 45 percent of surveyed likely voters in Arizona. | AP Photo Poll: Trump holds a 5-point lead over Clinton in Arizona but runs close in Georgia

New NBC News-Wall Street Journal polling has Donald Trump running just 1 percentage point ahead of Hillary Clinton among likely voters in Georgia, though he leads her by 5 points in Arizona and 9 points in Texas.

In a four-way race in Arizona, Trump, the Republican nominee, garnered the support of 45 percent of surveyed likely voters, while Clinton, a Democrat, received 40 percent. Nine percent of those surveyed said they support Libertarian Gary Johnson and 3 percent preferred the Green Party’s Jill Stein.


The survey in Arizona, conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points and had a sample of 719. It suggests that Trump is holding onto his lead in the traditionally red state that Clinton is courting aggressively.

The result in Georgia, released on Thursday along with surveys in Arizona and Texas, was closer despite the Clinton campaign having focused much less on flipping the state. Trump led Clinton 45 percent to 44 percent among likely voters surveyed there, while Johnson came in at 8 percent.

The sample size in Georgia was 707 likely voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percent.

Texas is another reliably Republican state that polls have shown is somewhat closer this year, though not necessarily competitive. The NBC News-Wall Street Journal survey similarly shows that the gap between Trump and Clinton is in the single digits: Trump took 49 percent of support from likely voters surveyed, while Clinton took 40 percent, Johnson took 6 percent and Stein took 2 percent.

The Texas survey, also conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, had a sample size of 679 likely voters and includes a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.