DONALD TRUMP TAKES LEAD OVER HILLARY CLINTON IN SWING STATE STUNNER—
Trump leads Hillary in Florida and Pennsylvania in latest Quinnipiac polls
Thank you Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania! #CrookedHillary is not qualified. #ImWithYou pic.twitter.com/M1yzgyeEdY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2016
Politico reported:
Did Donald Trump really just surge past Hillary Clinton in two of the election’s most important battlegrounds?
New swing-state polls released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University show Trump leading Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania — and tied in the critical battleground state of Ohio. In three of the states that matter most in November, the surveys point to a race much closer than the national polls, which have Clinton pegged to a significant, mid-single-digit advantage over Trump, suggest.
The race is so close that it’s within the margin of error in each of the three states. Trump leads by three points in Florida — the closest state in the 2012 election — 42 percent to 39 percent. In Ohio, the race is tied, 41 percent to 41 percent. And in Pennsylvania — which hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential nominee since 1988 — Trump leads, 43 percent to 41 percent.
Clinton’s campaign responded to the surveys by cautioning that while the swing states were always expected to be close, the urgent stakes of a possible Trump election remain high.
