Trump closes the gap on Hillary in the battleground state of Pennsylvania - but is struggling to catch Clinton in Wisconsin 

  • Two new polls put Clinton four points ahead of Trump in Pennsylvania
  • But one of those suggests her popularity is waning while he gains votes
  • She still leads dramatically in bellwether Philadelphia and suburbs
  • Clinton leads by six points in Wisconsin, and is favored by early voters
  • News that the FBI reopened Clinton's email case didn't have much impact

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 01:15 EDT, 3 November 2016 | Updated: 07:17 EDT, 3 November 2016

Hillary Clinton is holding her lead in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, new polls show - but Donald Trump is closing the ground in the Keystone State.

According to a poll released Wednesday by Monmouth University, 48 per cent of Pennsylvania residents say they'll send their votes to Clinton, while 44 per cent are choosing Trump. Clinton had led by double digits in the summer.

Perhaps surprisingly, only four per cent of those polled said they were dissuaded by the news that Clinton's email server case has been reopened, Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, told CBS.

'It looks like this shift was in the works even before Friday's FBI bombshell, which has made only a small contribution to this overall narrowing,' he said. 

In the lead: Hillary Clinton is leading by four points in Pennsylvania according to two new polls, and by six points in Wisconsin in a third. She has also taken bellwether city Philadelphia

Instead, Trump has been making gains in white women voters, despite a seemingly endless stream of accusations of sexual abuse or harassment. 

His approval ratings have also increased over the past month, while Clinton's have dropped.

Trump's gains have largely been made in the Western side of the state, where he has a 16-point lead.

But Clinton has locked down the bellwether areas of the state - Philadelphia and its suburbs - where she polls 62 per cent to Trump's 29.

And she leads dramatically with non-white voters, pulling 83 per cent of the vote, while Trump trails with a measly 9 per cent.

The poll took in the opinions of 403 state residents between last Thursday and Tuesday. Its margin of error is 4.9 per cent.

Another poll in the same period, conducted by CNN and ORC International, also shows Clinton leading by 4 per cent, and has a 3 per cent margin of error. 

Voters give Trump the nod on economic issues, but say Clinton would be a better choice on matters of foreign policy, health care, trade and terrorism. 

Perhaps surprisingly, both Clinton and Trump were ranked equally on immigration by the voters. 

Gains: Trump made gains in Pennsylvania among white women - despite recent abuse allegations. And news that the FBI reopened Clinton's email investigation hasn't hurt her much

The gap between two candidates is wider in Wisconsin, where Trump trails six points behind Clinton's 46 per cent. 

That poll, by Marquette Law School, also says that Clinton took the lead in early voters by some distance, taking home 64 per cent compared to Trump's 25.

More than 518,000 early ballots have been cast - a figure that would have comprised 16.9 per cent of 2012's turnout.

That poll began on Wednesday October 26 and ended Monday. That means the reveal of Clinton's FBI troubles came right in the middle - but didn't appear to bother Wisconsin voters.

The Marquette poll took in the opinions of 1,401 voters and has a margin of error of 3.3 per cent.

Trailing: Trump is trailing in two areas: Non-white Penn voters, where he has 9 per cent and Clinton 83 per cent, and early Wisconsin voters, where he has 25 per cent and Clinton 64

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