The race is closest in Iowa, where Hillary Clinton holds a three-point lead over the Republican nominee. | AP Photos Clinton leads Trump in Colorado, Iowa and Virginia

Hillary Clinton holds double-digit leads among likely voters in Colorado and Virginia and a narrow edge over Donald Trump in Iowa, according to a trio of battleground-state Quinnipiac University polls released Wednesday.

In the head-to-head matchups, Clinton leads Trump 49 percent to 39 percent in Colorado. The race is closest in Iowa, where Clinton holds a 3-point lead over the Republican nominee — 47 percent to 44 percent. But in Virginia, where Trump will campaign Saturday in Fredericksburg, Clinton leads by 12 points — 50 percent to 38 percent.

Clinton drew wide advantages among women in all three swing states, leading Trump 53 percent to 34 percent in Colorado, where men were largely split. Colorado men likely to vote in November backed Clinton over Trump 45 percent to 43 percent, while the Democratic nominee holds a 13-point edge among independent voters and a smaller, 7-point advantage among white Colorado voters (47 percent to 40 percent). Among nonwhite voters in Colorado, Clinton leads 64 percent to 29 percent.

The gender gap between Clinton and Trump voters in Colorado is similar in Virginia, where the former secretary of state leads by 25 points (56 percent to 31 percent) among women and men favor Trump slightly, by 4 points (46 percent to 42 percent). Independent voters in Virginia prefer Clinton 43 percent to 37 percent, while Trump holds a similar 7-point edge among white voters (48 percent to 41 percent). Clinton is the choice of 69 percent of nonwhite voters in Virginia, compared with 17 percent going for Trump.

The disparity between men and women is most pronounced in Iowa, where Clinton carries an 18-point lead among women (56 percent to 38 percent), while Trump had a 14-point advantage with men (51 percent to 37 percent). Among Iowa independents, Trump earned 45 percent support, while 41 percent opted for Clinton.

Both Clinton and Trump are seen unfavorably by at least 50 percent of voters in all three states.

As far as Clinton supporters’ main motivation for their backing of the Democratic nominee, 37 percent in Colorado said they are primarily voting for her, while 48 percent said they are casting their ballot to defeat Trump. Another 13 percent said they support the Democratic nominee regardless. In Iowa, the results were similar, with 49 percent of Clinton voters indicating that they are anti-Trump, 36 percent pro-Clinton and 8 percent for the party’s nominee. A plurality of 44 percent of Clinton’s Virginia voters, as well, indicated that their preference comes from opposing Trump, while 32 percent said they are pro-Clinton and 18 percent said they are supporting the Democratic Party’s choice.

Trump supporters in all three states, meanwhile, were more adamant that their vote in favor of the Manhattan businessman is more of an anti-Clinton protest.

Slightly more than 1 in 5 of Trump’s Colorado supporters (22 percent) said they are pro-Trump, while 62 percent said they are anti-Clinton and 10 percent said they are supporting the GOP nominee. In Iowa, 28 percent said they are motivated for Trump, while 53 percent said they are against Clinton and 14 percent for the nominee. A similar share of 23 percent of Trump’s supporters in Virginia said they are voting for him more because they like him, while 61 percent said they are anti-Clinton, with 10 percent saying they are sticking with the party.

The top-line margins are largely the same with Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein included in a four-way ballot test. In Colorado, Clinton leads Trump 41 percent to 33 percent, with 16 percent choosing Johnson and 7 percent Stein. About 41 percent of likely Iowa voters backed Clinton, with 39 percent for Trump, 12 percent for Johnson and 3 percent for Stein. Among likely voters in Virginia in the four-way race, Clinton topped Trump 45 percent to 34 percent, while Johnson took 11 percent and Stein grabbed 5 percent.

The polls were conducted via landlines and cellphones from Aug. 9-16, surveying 830 likely voters in Colorado, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points; 846 likely voters in Iowa, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points; and 808 likely voters in Virginia, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.