CNN’s John King Highlights Hillary’s ‘Troubling’ Poll Numbers in Swing States

‘In three big presidential battle grounds, Colorado, Iowa and Virginia – 56 percent unfavorable in Colorado; 56 unfavorable about Hillary Clinton in Iowa; 50 percent unfavorable in Virginia’

“Welcome back. Both parties, of course, locked in their presidential primary battles right now. But we did get a good reminder this past week about the terrain, at least potential terrain, for the 2016 general election. Look at these troubling poll numbers for Hillary Clinton in three big presidential battlegrounds: Colorado, Iowa and Virginia -- 56 percent unfavorable in Colorado; 56 percent unfavorable about Hillary Clinton in Iowa; 50 percent unfavorable in Virginia. Again, three key swing states in presidential politics. In fact at the moment Hillary Clinton loses all three of those states to Jeb Bush, to Marco Rubio, and to Scott Walker. So if you're a Republican and you're looking at the map in 2016, this is Obama versus Romney. That's a tough map to look at for Republican. But play out what we just saw. What if Republicans win Colorado, win Iowa, and win Virginia? Now, under this scenario Hillary Clinton would next -- still be the next president of the United States. But how do Republicans if they can do that get to the White House? Here's what they think. Win the two big ones. You take Florida, you take Ohio, that's a Republican presidential. And the Democrats narrowly lose. That's a long way off but remember it's a tough map for Republicans but they can do it with just five states, actually. Just change five states and you can do it.”

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