Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE and Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE are locked in a close race in North Carolina, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll.

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In a head-to-head matchup, Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is favored by 46 percent of likely voters in the state, and Trump, the Republican nominee, is backed by 45 percent.

In a matchup including third-party candidates, Clinton still leads Trump by 1 point, 44 percent to 43 percent.

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Clinton leads Trump among nonwhite voters, city-dwellers, voters under 35 years old and voters without a college degree, pollsters found.

Trump, meanwhile, leads his Democratic rival among white men without a college degree, rural Americans and evangelical Christians.

The poll also found 45 percent of voters said they have become more supportive of Clinton after last week's presidential debate, and just 30 percent said they became more supportive of Trump.

More than 50 percent of North Carolina voters also say they'd prefer the repeal of a state law that requires people to use the bathroom corresponding to the gender listed on their birth certificate, according to the poll.

The poll was conducted from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 among 805 likely voters in North Carolina. The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.

Several recent polls have reflected a close race in North Carolina.

According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls in the state, Trump leads Clinton by less than 1 point, 43.1 percent to 42.3 percent.