A poll released Tuesday shows Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton with a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in the key battleground state of Virginia.
Roanoke College polled likely voters and found Clinton leading with 48 percent, Trump behind with 32 percent, Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson at 8 percent, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at 3 percent. In a two-way race, Clinton’s lead grows to 19 points. Roanoke College polled Trump and Clinton head-to-head in May and the two candidates were tied.
Obama won Virginia in 2012 with 50.8 percent of the vote, Mitt Romney got 47.8 percent.
Polls have shown Trump with a consistent strong lead among white voters and male voters, but the Roanoke College poll had Trump losing among men 41 percent to 43 percent. The poll of likely Virginia voters showed Trump with a slim lead among white voters 41 percent to 38 percent, while Clinton lead among non-white voters 80 percent to 4 percent.
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Ziegler Building at the Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center in West Bend, Wisconsin
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a rally at Lincoln High School in Des Moines
Hillary lead Trump among all age groups in the poll. A demographic group that Trump did lead with was likely voters with a high school education or less, 49 percent to 31 percent. Clinton was ahead of Trump among voters with a bachelor’s degree or higher, 58 percent to 25 percent.
As as been found in all polls, both major candidates are suffering from poor favorability ratings in Virginia. Thirty-nine percent viewed Clinton favorably and 45 percent view her unfavorably. Trump was viewed favorably by 23 percent of likely voters polled and unfavorably by 63 percent of them. The Virginia poll also found that voters believed Clinton was more suited for addressing the economy, terrorism, immigration, and foreign policy.
Roanoke College polled 803 likely voters between August 7 and August 17. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.