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A new poll shows that in a race against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump could turn Mississippi blue for the first time in 40 years. | Getty Mississippi poll: Clinton within 3 points of Trump

Despite winning Mississippi's Republican presidential primary by double digits, Donald Trump could turn Mississippi blue for the first time in 40 years, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday.

Trump won Mississippi last month with 47 percent of the vote, an 11-point advantage over Ted Cruz, his closest rival. But the Mason-Dixon poll suggests that Trump fares the worst against Hillary Clinton in a general election — meaning the state could vote for the Democrat for the first time in a presidential election since 1976, when Jimmy Carter carried the state by a narrow margin over incumbent President Gerald Ford.

The Republican front-runner holds a 3-point lead over Clinton statewide, 46 percent to 43 percent with 11 percent undecided. Trump’s advantage, however, falls within the margin of error, while Cruz and John Kasich safely carry the state by double-digit margins.

Compared with his Republican rivals, Trump has the least percentage of support across the board. Cruz and Kasich have a greater percentage of support among white and black voters; men and women; and Democrats, Republicans and independents.

The survey of 625 registered voters in Mississippi was conducted March 28-30 by landlines and cellphones. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

In 2012, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney carried Mississippi by 12 percentage points over President Barack Obama.