David Plouffe said Hillary Clinton could still win without key swing states. | Getty Former Obama adviser: Clinton can win without Florida, Ohio and Virginia

Hillary Clinton can fall short of victory in three major swing states and still beat Donald Trump in November, according to former 2008 Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.

“Hillary Clinton can lose Florida, Ohio and Virginia, and I think she’ll win all three, and still be president," Plouffe remarked during a Bloomberg Politics event Wednesday in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention.


While acknowledging that Clinton has an "enthusiasm" issue, Plouffe predicted that the presumptive nominee's poll numbers will improve after next week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

The election will not be close, Plouffe said, because although the Clinton campaign's voter models are not as sophisticated as Obama's, they are miles ahead of the Trump campaign in that respect.

“The truth is the Clinton campaign knows almost with certainty who is going to vote in this election” and how they will do so, Plouffe added.