Republican Donald Trump has opened up a lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Thursday.There are gender gaps and huge racial gaps, the independent Quinnipiac University Poll finds. Four-way races which list both presidential and vice-presidential candidates show Trump topping Clinton 50 – 44 percent.“Iowa, Virginia and Colorado are a metaphor for what is happening in the presidential race,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. “When Quinnipiac University polled last in those states on August 17, Secretary Hillary Clinton was riding the post-convention wave that gave her double-digit leads in many polls. Now, the race has tightened considerably nationally and that new reality is reflected by these numbers that show the two candidates much closer.”Worth noting is that Trump has an edge among independent voters, often the key swing constituency, in all four of these states.Trump also wins the gender battle among Iowa likely voters, with a 52 – 26 percent lead among men, to Clinton’s 47 – 37 percent lead among women. Libertarian Gary Johnson gets his biggest tally among Iowa independent voters, 19 percent, with 38 percent for Trump and 33 percent for Clinton. Republicans back Trump 86 – 4 percent, while Democrats back Clinton 83 – 5 percent.“Donald Trump is running better in Iowa than other Midwestern states and that shows in his lead in this poll. He has a slight lead among independent voters, but his margin there may be heavily tied to demographics. Iowa, with a voting bloc that is overwhelmingly white, lacks the kind of large minority population that has fueled Hillary Clinton’s lead in some of the large industrial states,” Brown said.The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia and the nation as a public service and for research.

Republican Donald Trump has opened up a lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Thursday.



There are gender gaps and huge racial gaps, the independent Quinnipiac University Poll finds. Four-way races which list both presidential and vice-presidential candidates show Trump topping Clinton 50 – 44 percent.




“Iowa, Virginia and Colorado are a metaphor for what is happening in the presidential race,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. “When Quinnipiac University polled last in those states on August 17, Secretary Hillary Clinton was riding the post-convention wave that gave her double-digit leads in many polls. Now, the race has tightened considerably nationally and that new reality is reflected by these numbers that show the two candidates much closer.”



Worth noting is that Trump has an edge among independent voters, often the key swing constituency, in all four of these states.



Trump also wins the gender battle among Iowa likely voters, with a 52 – 26 percent lead among men, to Clinton’s 47 – 37 percent lead among women. Libertarian Gary Johnson gets his biggest tally among Iowa independent voters, 19 percent, with 38 percent for Trump and 33 percent for Clinton. Republicans back Trump 86 – 4 percent, while Democrats back Clinton 83 – 5 percent.



“Donald Trump is running better in Iowa than other Midwestern states and that shows in his lead in this poll. He has a slight lead among independent voters, but his margin there may be heavily tied to demographics. Iowa, with a voting bloc that is overwhelmingly white, lacks the kind of large minority population that has fueled Hillary Clinton’s lead in some of the large industrial states,” Brown said.



The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia and the nation as a public service and for research.

