Poll: Clinton up 3 on Trump nationwide

Hillary Clinton has a thin 3-point lead over Donald Trump five days before Election Day, according to a new national poll.

Clinton takes 45 percent support to Trump’s 42 percent in the CBS News/New York Times survey out Thursday.

{mosads}Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has 5 percent, followed by Green Party nominee Jill Stein’s 4 percent and 3 percent who are undecided.

Clinton’s edge over her Republican rival has shrunk since mid-October, when she topped Trump by 9 points in the same poll, 47 percent to 38 percent.

Johnson’s support was higher then, clocking in at 8 percent, while Stein hovered at 3 percent and 2 percent were undecided.

CBS News/New York Times conducted the latest survey of 1,333 registered voters from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1. It has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

The White House race is tightening as Clinton and Trump battle for every advantage with voters ahead of Nov. 8.

Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is roughly 2 points ahead of Trump, the Republican nominee, nationally, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls.