--- title: Hillary Clinton Widely Leads Donald Trump in Virginia Poll description: Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a 16-point lead over Republican Donald Trump among likely voters in Virginia, according to a new poll. canonical: https://time.com/4462862/hillary-clinton-virginia-poll-donald-trump/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-23T15:32:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:13.321Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Holds 16-Point Lead Over Donald Trump in Virginia Poll og:description: In a four-way matchup og:url: https://time.com/4462862/hillary-clinton-virginia-poll-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8635dff8f1ce3d2a/6988a34f5f570facf7b22450/hillary-clinton-rc-poll-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Holds 16-Point Lead Over Donald Trump in Virginia Poll twitter:description: In a four-way matchup twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8635dff8f1ce3d2a/6988a34f5f570facf7b22450/hillary-clinton-rc-poll-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Holds 16-Point Lead Over Donald Trump in Virginia Poll > Sponsored content. 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DOMINICK REUTER—AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Aug 23, 2016 3:32 PM UTC Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton [holds a 16-point lead](http://www.roanoke.edu/about/news/rc%5Fpoll%5Faug%5F2016%5Fpolitics) over Republican rival Donald Trump among likely voters in Virginia, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The former Secretary of State leads the [New York businessman](http://time.com/4462315/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-special-prosecutor/?xid=homepage) 48% to 32% in a four-way race that includes Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, results from the latest Roanoke College Poll show. In a two-way matchup, Clinton leads by 19 points, with 55% support compared to Trump’s 36%. The two candidates were tied in Roanoke’s poll in May. “[Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4462538/why-hillary-clintons-email-problem-isnt-going-away/?xid=homepage) has improved her position among her core constituencies as well as ideological moderates and political independents,” Dr. Harry Wilson, director of the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research, said in a statement. “There is no silver lining in this dark cloud for Donald Trump,” Wilson added. “His numbers are mostly negative and stagnant. The election is 11 weeks away, but he has a lot of ground to make up.” The Roanoke College Poll interviewed 803 likely voters in Virginia between August 7 and August 17\. 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