Bloomberg poll gives Trump slender lead in Florida

Donald Trump appears to be losing his grip on the 2016 US presidential election, but a Bloomberg poll in the key battleground state of Florida has given the Republican candidate a two-point lead.

The south-eastern state has traditionally been a swing state and this year it is particularly important as the New York businessman will most likely need to win there to have any chance of entering the Oval Office on 8 November.

The poll from Bloomberg puts Trump at 45% compared to rival Hillary Clinton's 43% among likely voters in Florida.

There is now less than two weeks to go of campaigning before voters will head to the polls to elect Barack Obama's successor, and the majority of national polls put the Democrat in a commanding lead.

The latest Florida poll will however serve as an alert to Clinton's campaign that they will be vulnerable if they were to take their foot off the pedal in the closing stages.

Other states such as Ohio and Arizona are also up for grabs in the final two weeks, but Clinton has already begun an assault on Republican strongholds such as Missouri and Indiana in an attempt to offset such risks.