Hillary Clinton’s performance against three Republican presidential candidates in Iowa, Virginia, and Colorado dropped over the past few months, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released on Wednesday.
In Iowa, Clinton trails Rubio by eight points, Bush by six points, and Walker by eight points among voters in the state. And 56 percent of Iowa voters viewed Clinton unfavorably.
In Colorado, Clinton trails Rubio by eight points, Bush by five points, and Walker by nine points among voters in the state. And 56 percent of Colorado voters viewed Clinton negatively.
Of the three states, Clinton performed best in Virginia. She trails Rubio by two points, Bush by three points, and Walker by three points among Virginia voters. And 50 percent of voters in the state viewed her unfavorably.
The poll released Wednesday marks a drop for Clinton since an April 9 Quinnipiac University poll. In the April poll, Clinton “was clearly ahead in five of the matchups and too-close-to-call in the other four,” according to Peter Brown, assistant director of the Qunnipiac University poll.
The Drudge Report was quick to publicize Clinton’s drop in the polls on Wednesday with a large homepage splash on the website.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took an even greater hit than Clinton in the Qunnipiac poll, however. The real estate mogul had the worst favorability ratings of any Republican or Democratic candidate polled by Quinnipiac in Iowa, Colorado, and Virginia.
Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,236 Iowa voters in live phone interviews with a margin of error plus or minus 2.8 percentage points. Quinnipiac surveyed 1,231 Colorado voters in live phone interviews with a margin of error plus or minus 2.8 percentage points. The University surveyed 1,209 Virginia voters in live phone interviews with a margin of error plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.
Could it have something to do with the fact that we are getting nothing but GOP coverage the last few months? these polls are hardly believable at the moment. Not that I think that she will run away in the aforementioned states but still to far out.
Excellent news for Clinton supporters. Attacking an established favorite is a time-honored American tradition. Clinton will be thrilled to let someone else sit in the crosshairs for a while.
I have never understood the media’s worshipful attitude towards the Q poll. Its record, especially well away from elections, is frequently dismal… they were all over the place in 2012, including handing key swing states such as these to Romney until very late in the cycle.
Maybe the media loves them precisely because they generate drama.
What exactly is supposed to have happened to cause this sudden nose-dive in Clinton’s support? GOPers blathering about Benghazi and emails?
Or the fact that summer polling is almost always useless, since the people who answer tend to be disproportionately angry and old, to say nothing of the problems of polling so far from the election?
No Bernie results, but they have Trump info?
To be fair, Hillary ignored the media, so the media ignored her.
I’m not saying she was totally wrong in her strategy, but this should be expected to some degree…