Donald Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE holds a narrow lead over Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE in a general election matchup in North Carolina, a new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey released Wednesday finds.

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The poll found the presumptive GOP nominee leading Clinton by 2 points, 43 percent to 41 percent. That’s an improvement for Trump from a March PPP poll, in which the Democratic front-runner was leading by a few points. An April PPP survey found the likely party nominees tied.

“Hillary Clinton’s position in the Presidential race right now is fine,” Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling, said in a statement. “Expectations of some sort of historical landslide from earlier in the year make it seems like she’s doing poorly now in comparison but the reality is that she’s in a similar position to where Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina Majority of voters say Trump should not nominate a Supreme Court justice: poll MORE ended up in 2012. And he won the Electoral College by a wide margin.”

Although Clinton will likely be the Democratic nominee, the poll also found Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE is leading Trump by 3 points, 43 percent to 40 point.

Trump’s boost in the latest poll comes as he performs better among voters within his own party. In the March survey, Trump had a 63-point lead among Republicans, 73 percent to 10 percent. This has increased to a 76-point lead, 81 percent to 5 percent, in this month’s poll.

The poll was conducted May 20-22 and surveyed 928 registered voters via phone and online. The margin of error was 3.2 points.

In the RealClearPolitics polling average, Clinton is leading Trump by 3.3 points.

North Carolina has been under a microscope as it faces a legal battle over a law that requires people to use public restrooms that correspond to their biological sex at birth.

The Obama administration issued guidance earlier this month to all public school districts in the U.S., telling them to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity. And Attorney General Loretta Lynch is taking legal action against the state, casting the issue as the latest civil rights struggle of the era.

North Carolina officials also filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department, calling its position a “radical reinterpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.”

Trump has declined to criticize the Obama administration's directive and said he's always felt it should be left to states to decide on the issue.