Hillary Clinton's winning streak in battleground state polls continued this week. The latest Quinnipiac University polls out Wednesday showed Clinton with double-digit leads over Donald Trump in Colorado and Virginia and a slim margin over Trump in Iowa.
In a head-to-head matchup in Colorado, Clinton led 49 percent to 39 percent. In Virginia, she's ahead by 12 points, 50 percent to 38 percent. In Iowa, her lead is a narrower 3 points, 47 percent to 44 percent — within the poll's plus or minus 3.4 percentage points margin of error.
But Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said the only reason Iowa is even close is because the state has a "smaller than average minority population." "Secretary Clinton is winning minority voters in most states by overwhelming numbers, but the Iowa electorate does not offer her that opportunity," Brown said.
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However, when it comes to Colorado, with its growing Hispanic population, and Virginia, with its "Democratic-leaning Washington, D.C. suburbs," Clinton claims a serious edge. "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," Brown said.
The polls were conducted from Aug. 9-16. The Colorado poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points, and the Virginia poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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