Hillary Clinton is tied with Donald Trump at 44 percentage points in Iowa. | AP Photo Swing-state polls: Clinton pulls even with Trump in Iowa and Georgia

Less than two weeks before the election, Hillary Clinton is pulling even with Donald Trump in a traditionally red state and cutting into his lead in one of the few swing states he was likely to carry.

According to a round of Quinnipiac University swing-state polls released Thursday, Clinton is tied with Trump among likely voters in Iowa (44 percent) and barely behind in Georgia (43 percent to 44 percent) — a troubling sign for Trump as his previous leads in the the two states falter as Election Day approaches.


Trump had hoped to expand his electoral map by carrying Iowa, a state President Barack Obama won twice, and Georgia, a place where non-Southern Democrats have struggled to be competitive at the presidential level.

“Time is running out and Donald Trump has lost his leads and now is tied with Hillary Clinton in Iowa and Georgia," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, in a news release. "North Carolina appears to be moving in her direction also.”

The former secretary of state also tops Trump by double-digits in Virginia (50 percent to 38 percent) and continues to carry North Carolina (47 percent to 43 percent). A double-digit win in Virginia would be a higher margin-of-victory than Obama managed to reach in 2008 or 2012.

“Virginia, which 12 years ago was a solidly Republican state, is now ‘true blue’ in its presidential ballot and one of the most Democratic states south of the Mason-Dixon line,” Brown said.

Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson preformed best in Georgia (8 percent), but managed only low-single digits in the other three states. Green Party candidate Jill Stein is not on the ballot in Georgia and North Carolina, and she registered at 2 percent support in Virginia.

The Quinnipiac University surveyed likely voters in Iowa, Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina (791, 707, 749 and 702, respectively) who were contacted via landlines and cell phones from Oct. 20-26. The polls in Georgia and North Carolina have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points, while Virginia and Iowa have margins of error of 3.6 and 3.5 percentage points, respectively.

