--- title: Hillary Clinton Surging Ahead of Donald Trump in Key States description: Hillary Clinton is widening her lead over Donald Trump in key battleground states, a new poll found. canonical: https://time.com/4450362/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-swing-states/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-12T16:06:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:57:16.767Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Surging Ahead of Donald Trump in Key States og:description: Hillary Clinton is widening her lead over Donald Trump in key battleground states, a new poll found. og:url: https://time.com/4450362/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-swing-states/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8738bd488406465/6988a228f887dc492fe970c1/hillary-clinton5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Surging Ahead of Donald Trump in Key States twitter:description: Hillary Clinton is widening her lead over Donald Trump in key battleground states, a new poll found. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8738bd488406465/6988a228f887dc492fe970c1/hillary-clinton5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton Surging Ahead of Trump in Battleground States, Polls Show  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 12, 2016 4:06 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton addresses supporters during a rally at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla., on Aug. 8, 2016. Hillary Clinton addresses supporters during a rally at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla., on Aug. 8, 2016.Gregg Newton—AFP/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 12, 2016 4:06 PM CUT Hillary Clinton is widening her lead over Donald Trump in key battleground states, new polls have found. [According to four new NBC/WSJ/Marist polls](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/polls-clinton-running-table-key-battlegrounds-n629136 "undefined"), Clinton is leading Trump by nine points in North Carolina. In 2008, the state narrowly went for then-Democratic nominee Barack Obama, and in 2012 it reversed and went with a similarly slim margin to Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The poll also found that Clinton is leading Trump 44% to 39% in Florida, 46% to 32% in Colorado, and 46% to 33% in Virginia, her vice presidential pick Tim Kaine’s home state. According to NBC, Clinton’s lead in Colorado grew by 6 points after the conventions. If Clinton were to win all four of these key states, it would all but shut Trump out from getting the 270 necessary electoral college votes to win. The NBC/WSJ/Marist polls were conducted from August 4-10\. They surveyed 899 registered voters in Colorado with a margin of error plus-minus 3.3 percentage points, 862 registered voters in Florida with a margin of error plus-minus 3.3 percentage points, 921 registered voters in North Carolina with a margin of error plus-minus 3.2 percentage points, and 897 registered voters in Virginia with a margin of error plus-minus 3.3 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4450362/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-swing-states/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4450362/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-swing-states/"},"headline":"Clinton Surging Ahead of Trump in Battleground States, Polls Show","datePublished":"2016-08-12T16:06:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:57:16.767Z","description":"Hillary Clinton is widening her lead over Donald Trump in key battleground states, a new poll found.","url":"https://time.com/4450362/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-swing-states/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8738bd488406465/6988a228f887dc492fe970c1/hillary-clinton5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8738bd488406465/6988a228f887dc492fe970c1/hillary-clinton5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON","caption":"Hillary Clinton addresses supporters during a rally at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla., on Aug. 8, 2016.","creditText":"Gregg Newton—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4450362/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-poll-swing-states/","name":"Clinton Surging Ahead of Trump in Battleground States, Polls Show"}}]}] ```