Clinton leads Trump by 21 points in New Jersey, poll finds

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Clinton has 52 percent to Trump's 31 percent when just the two candidates are named, according to the Fairleigh Dickson University PublicMind poll released Wednesday.
 
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When Johnson is also listed as an option, Clinton's lead shrinks. In that scenario, she gets 44 percent, with Trump at 32 percent and Johnson at 9 percent.
 
The Libertarian nominee particularly cuts into Clinton's support among women and white voters.
 
About 6 in 10 New Jersey voters expect Clinton to win in November, while just 27 percent expect Trump to win.
 
The last time a Republican won New Jersey was 1988, when the state went to George H.W. Bush.
 
The survey of 712 self-identified registered New Jersey voters was conducted via landlines and cellphones June 22–26 with a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.

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