Polls: Clinton pulling ahead in battleground states
WASHINGTON _ Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump in several states, including battlegrounds like New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Colorado, as more voters say the business mogul is not qualified to be president, according to polls in those states. The polls also indicate that voter wariness of the Republican nominee could hamstring the party's push to maintain control of the Senate, with Republicans losing ground in several key races.
The advantage for Clinton is so strong in Colorado, a traditional swing state, that the campaign temporarily stopped buying advertisements there in July, diverting the money to other regions, according to The Colorado Independent and other media reports. Clinton campaigned in Colorado on Wednesday.
"Colorado is no longer a battleground state," prominent Colorado political analyst Floyd Ciruli wrote on the blog for his Ciruli and Associates consulting firm. Ciruli cited several trends, including a growing Hispanic population and a local Republican Party that has been hostile to Trump.
_ CQ-Roll Call
