In a four-way contest that includes Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Hillary Clinton still leads Donald Trump by a nine-point margin, 47 percent to 38 percent.. | AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 9 points nationally

Hillary Clinton heads into Wednesday evening’s presidential debate with a 9-point lead nationally, according to a Bloomberg Politics poll released Wednesday morning.

Clinton leads Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup among likely voters with 50 percent support to his 41 percent. Four percent said they would either vote for someone else or not vote for president, and 5 percent said they were unsure or didn’t want to say.


In a four-way contest that includes Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Clinton still leads Trump by a 9-point margin, 47 percent to 38 percent. Johnson garners 8 percent support, while Stein has 3 percent support.

With Election Day less than three weeks away, supporters of both major-party candidates are largely determined to cast ballots for their particular candidate. Indeed, 81 percent of Clinton’s supporters and 84 percent of Trump’s supporters said they are “absolutely certain” they would vote for that candidate.

Eleven percent of Clinton’s backers and 8 percent of Trump’s said there’s a possibility they would ultimately vote for another candidate.

More than half of Trump’s supporters (53 percent) said they would be unhappy if Clinton were elected president, and nearly 6 in 10 Clinton supporters said they would be panicked if Trump won the presidency.

Clinton tops Trump by 17 points among women and also leads among men, 46 percent to 44 percent, including those without a college degree, 48 percent to 44 percent.

“This poll shows movement toward Clinton with all the right groups it takes to win — including men and those without a college degree,” pollster J. Ann Selzer said. “Their alignment with Clinton is a formidable change in the algebra.”

Fifty-six percent of respondents cited Trump’s issues with women as a concern. Since a leaked 2005 video of Trump speaking cavalierly about forcibly kissing and groping women with impunity emerged, a number of women have alleged that he made unwanted sexual advances at them over a span of decades, further damaging his standing among the female electorate.

While likely voters pointed to Trump as the candidate who would change how Washington does business and knows how to create jobs, Clinton prevailed when asked which candidate understands issues that matter most to the middle class, has the right temperament to occupy the Oval Office, could get things done in Washington, would be a good role model for children, would serve effectively as commander in chief and has the best vision for America’s future.

The survey of 1,006 likely voters was conducted Oct. 14-17 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.