New Public Policy Polling surveys in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, conducted on behalf of VoteVets Action Fund, find Hillary Clinton leading in each state. Voters in all five states see Clinton as having been the runaway winner of Monday night’s debate, and they question Donald Trump’s temperament and preparedness for office.

Clinton has solid leads in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Virginia- states seen as important to her path to 270 electoral votes- and modest leads in Florida and North Carolina, where wins would be indicative of a dominant overall victory in the Electoral College. If these results hold up, Donald Trump has no path to victory:

State 4 Way Horse Race 2 Way Horse Race Colorado Clinton 46, Trump 40, Johnson 6, Stein 2 Clinton 51, Trump 44 Florida Clinton 45, Trump 43, Johnson 3, Stein 1 Clinton 48, Trump 45 North Carolina Clinton 44, Trump 42, Johnson 7 Clinton 49, Trump 45 Pennsylvania Clinton 45, Trump 39, Johnson 6, Stein 2 Clinton 49, Trump 44 Virginia Clinton 46, Trump 40, Johnson 7, Stein 1 Clinton 49, Trump 43

The debate Monday night is one of the things giving Clinton a big boost. In all of these states she’s seen as having won it by a wide margin:

State Debate Winner Colorado Clinton 53, Trump 31 Florida Clinton 52, Trump 35 North Carolina Clinton 53, Trump 31 Pennsylvania Clinton 51, Trump 32 Virginia Clinton 54, Trump 30

One area where Clinton particularly received a boost Monday night is with voters under 30. They overwhelmingly see Clinton as the winner and they’re starting to vote for her in larger numbers than they had before:

State Debate Winner 4 Way Horse Race 2 Way Horse Race Colorado Clinton 64, Trump 23 Clinton 50, Trump 27, Johnson 15, Stein 2 Clinton 62, Trump 34 Florida Clinton 65, Trump 32 Clinton 54, Trump 28, Johnson 4, Stein 4 Clinton 63, Trump 35 North Carolina Clinton 59, Trump 17 Clinton 46, Trump 27, Johnson 19 Clinton 56, Trump 32 Pennsylvania Clinton 53, Trump 24 Clinton 45, Trump 22, Johnson 11, Stein 4 Clinton 57, Trump 35 Virginia Clinton 53, Trump 24 Clinton 44, Johnson 24, Trump 21, Stein 2 Clinton 50, Trump 24

Clinton has at least a 19 point lead with young voters in the full field in each state, leads of 24-28 points in a head to head match up with Trump, and is seen as the debate winner by 29-42 points with young voters in this set of states.

Monday night’s debate created large contrasts in voters’ minds when it comes to whether each candidate is prepared to be President, has the temperament to be President, and can be trusted with nuclear weapons. On all three of those tests Donald Trump fails miserably:

State Prepared to be President (Yes/No) Temperament to be President (Yes/No) Can be Trusted with Nuclear Weapons (Yes/No) Colorado 34/60 35/61 38/56 Florida 40/55 40/53 40/52 North Carolina 35/60 35/57 38/55 Pennsylvania 37/56 38/56 40/54 Virginia 36/59 35/61 39/56

Only 34-40% of voters in these key states thinks Trump is prepared to be President, only 35-40% think he has the temperament to be President, and only 38-40% think he can be trusted with nuclear weapons.

Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, passes all three of these tests with voters in these states:

State Prepared to be President (Yes/No) Temperament to be President (Yes/No) Can be Trusted with Nuclear Weapons (Yes/No) Colorado 53/45 53/43 53/41 Florida 50/47 51/44 49/44 North Carolina 53/44 52/44 53/40 Pennsylvania 52/43 51/41 52/41 Virginia 51/45 53/44 54/41

Majorities of voters in all five states think Clinton is both prepared and has the temperament to be President.

Trump does win out when matched against Clinton on one measure we tested though: which candidate would be more likely as President to cause a nuclear war. There is at least an 18 point nuclear war gap to Trump’s disadvantage in every state:

State More Likely To Cause a Nuclear War Colorado Trump 51, Clinton 31 Florida Trump 50, Clinton 32 North Carolina Trump 51, Clinton 30 Pennsylvania Trump 50, Clinton 29 Virginia Trump 53, Clinton 31

Finally we find that voters in all 5 of these states are strongly opposed to privatizing health care services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and that opposition cuts across party lines:

State Overall Privatization With Democrats With Republicans Colorado 27% Support, 64% Oppose 23/70 33/59 Florida 27% Support, 61% Oppose 24/64 36/55 North Carolina 26% Support, 62% Oppose 19/71 35/53 Pennsylvania 27% Support, 62% Oppose 24/67 31/56 Virginia 27% Support, 65% Oppose 22/69 31/60

Full results here

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