Hillary Clinton has maintained her commanding electoral college vote lead over Donald Trump in the latest 2016 Freedom Lighthouse poll. With 270 votes needed to ascend to the White House, pollsters now find Clinton tops Trump 263 votes to 154 with 121 votes remaining too close to call.

Clinton Leading in Several key States

Among the states considered safely in the former first lady's column are California, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine and Virginia.

Nevada, Arizona, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida area all still considered tossups, while Trump leads in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia and South Carolina.

The following poll obtained from website 270ToWin tracks the electoral vote count based on individual state polling. As per the website, close states where the difference between Trump and Clinton is less than 5 percent is shown in gray. This map was last updated on September 2, 2016.


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Clinton on top in Suffolk General Election Survey

Meanwhile, a recent Suffolk University/USA Today poll general election poll also bodes well for Clinton, finding the onetime secretary of state besting Trump 48 percent to 41 percent head to head among likely voters with just over two months remaining before Election Day.

When third party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are added to the mix, Clinton still tops Trump by seven points at 42 percent to 35 percent. Libertarian candidate Johnson polls at 9 percent and the Green Party's Stein is at 4 percent.

The last Suffolk poll back in June showed Clinton leading by six points at 46 percent to 40 percent. Back then, Johnson stood at 8 percent and Stein at 3 percent.

The Suffolk University/USA Today telephone poll was conducted Aug. 24-29 from among 1,000 general election voters. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent.

Part of Trump's struggles have revolved around his lack of widespread support among minority voters. The republican nominee has taken a hardline stance on immigration vowing to deport millions of undocumented immigrants if he is elected, a pledge he recently reaffirmed during a fiery speech in Arizona.