Minnesota isn't exactly considered a battleground state in the 2016 presidential election. The state has gone blue in every presidential election since 1976.

Neither Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton nor Republican rival Donald Trump have hosted a single public event in Minnesota this campaign season.

However, a new poll shows that the state is far from a lock for Clinton.

A KSTP/SurveyUSA poll shows Clinton leading Trump 46 percent to 39 percent.

"Minnesota is in play," said Larry Jacobs of the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute.

 

"Trump is only six or seven points behind and has not campaigned actively in Minnesota, whereas Democrats are counting on Minnesota and have actually put some money in. So I think these are surprising results."

"It's gotta be a wake-up call for the Clinton campaign that they can't take Minnesota for granted," Jacobs added.

The poll shows that third party candidates are also getting support, with Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson at six percent and Green Party's Jill Stein at two percent.

Six percent of likely voters said they are undecided.