Hillary Clinton is losing support in three crucial swing states.
The former secretary of state’s leads in matchups with possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates are down in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to a new Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Tuesday. Clinton is heavily favored to win the 2016 Democratic nomination.
In Florida, former Gob. Jeb Bush garners 45 percent to Clinton’s 42 percent support — last month she edged him, 44 percent to 43 percent. Once leading Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in his home state by 10 percentage points February, Clinton now holds a 46 percent to 44 percent lead.
In Pennsylvania, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul gets 45 percent to Clinton’s 44 percent.
Though she still has a lead in Ohio (46 percent to 41 percent over Paul), no voters in any of the three states find Clinton honest and trustworthy.
In Florida, 50 percent of voters say she is not honest and trustworthy, compared to 41 percent who say she is. Her positive favorability in the Sunshine State was 53 percent positive and 39 percent negative last month.
Pennsylvania voters in March now view her unfavorably 49 percent to 44 percent — a plummet from a 55 percent positive to 38 percent negative in February.
Voters in Ohio are torn, with 47 percent saying she is trustworthy and honest compared to 46 percent who say she is not.
“Majorities in each state think Clinton still has questions to answer about her emails. Voters in each state are evenly divided on whether Congressional hearings are warranted although a majority thinks such a hearing would be politically motivated rather than justified,” Peter Brown, assistant director for the poll, said in a statement.
The telephone poll of 1,087 Florida voters, 1,077 Ohio voters, and 1,036 Pennsylvania voters was conducted March 17-18 with margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
