Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds major leads over Republican Donald Trump in swing states Colorado and Virginia, but the two are virtually tied in Iowa, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
In Colorado, Clinton has opened a double-digit lead.
- Clinton: 49 percent
- Trump: 39 percent
In Virginia, the former secretary of state is doing even better.
- Clinton: 50 percent
- Trump: 38 percent
In Iowa, however, it is too close to call for either candidate, with the survey's margin of error at +/- 3.4 percentage points.
- Clinton: 47 percent
- Trump: 44 percent
With third-party nominees added, Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party's Jill Stein, Clinton still has the edge, though it is less pronounced.
In Colorado:
- Clinton: 41 percent
- Trump: 33 percent
- Johnson: 16 percent
- Stein: 7 percent
In Virginia:
- Clinton: 45 percent
- Trump: 34 percent
- Johnson: 11 percent
- Stein: 5 percent
In Iowa:
- Clinton: 41 percent
- Trump: 39 percent
- Johnson: 12 percent
- Stein: 3 percent
Additionally, more Clinton voters are lining up against Trump rather than for Clinton, and both candidates have net negative favorability ratings in each state.
"The scary thing for Republicans in the Virginia and Colorado numbers is that they show
a possible Hillary Clinton landslide in states that only eight years ago leaned GOP and before that had been GOP strongholds," Peter A. Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll in Hamden, Connecticut, said in a statement about the results.
"In Colorado, with a burgeoning Hispanic population, Donald Trump's comments about Hispanics seem to have put the state out of his reach," Brown said. "In Virginia, the growth of the Democratic leaning Washington, D.C. suburbs probably has made the difference."
Another Virginia poll, from The Washington Post, shows Trump trailing Clinton by 9 percent. According to Real Clear Politics, Clinton leads Trump on average in several other key swing states, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, and Florida.
Quinnipiac University contacted likely voters by phone, 830 in Colorado, 846 in Iowa, and 808 in Virginia. In Colorado and Iowa, the margin of error is +/- 3.4 percentage points, in Virginia, it is +/- 3.5 percentage points.
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