EXCLUSIVE: Shock poll shows Hillary is running BEHIND Republicans in battleground states

(UK) Daily Mail ^ | David Martosko

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Complete Headline: EXCLUSIVE: Shock poll shows Hillary is running BEHIND Republicans in battleground states as she prepares do-over for sputtering campaign with New York City speech

• Pollsters contacted 1,618 active voters in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia
• Results put Hillary Clinton one point behind a 'generic' Republican in those critical 'swing' states that will determine the 2016 election
• A majority of swing-state voters don't believe Hillary shares their values, and say they don't trust her
• Real numbers may be even worse for her since the survey 'oversampled' Democrats and women
• Survey was commissioned by conservative American Crossroads super PAC

Clinton's suddenly flagging performance in a hypothetical contest against a Republican – who is still unnamed – threatens to throw cold water on her big coming-out moment.

'Sure it's a challenge, and a big one,' a Democratic campaign consultant in New Hampshire told Daily Mail Online on background. 'I mean, look – we were hoping she'd run the table and lead wire-to-wire, but her negatives are high so it's going to be a long year-and-a-half.'

Clinton's negatives are indeed high. Fifty per cent of active voters in the swing states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia told pollsters that they have a negative impression of her. Just 42 per cent view her positively.

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