New York Post

Hillary comes out swing (state)ing

- Bob Fredericks, Daniel Halper

Hillary Clinton has opened up big leads over Donald Trump in four battlegrou­nd states crucial to the GOP nominee’s chances of winning the White House, polls released Thursday show.

In New Hampshire, Clinton is ahead of Trump, 47 percent to 32 percent in a four-way survey conducted by WBUR-TV.

“After all the hand-wringing about whether Bernie Sanders supporters would end up supporting Hillary Clinton, she’s now getting 86 percent of the Democratic vote,” said Steve Koczela, president of the MassINC polling group, which conducted the survey.

“Donald Trump, on the other hand, has slipped a bit . . . He’s now getting a bit less than two- thirds of the Republican vote.”

In Pennsylvan­ia, where Republican­s are trying to rally frustrated working-class voters, Clinton leads Trump, 49 percent to 38 percent, according to a Franklin & Marshall College.

Clinton also has a 6-point lead in Florida, the latest Suffolk University survey showed, edging Trump 48 percent to 42 percent.

In Michigan, a reliably blue state that Republican­s still believe they can flip, Clinton is ahead, 41 percent to 32 percent, via a Detroit News/WDIV poll.

Overall, the latest RealClearP­olitics average of national polls showed Thursday that Clinton has a 5.9 point lead over Trump, 47.4 percent to 41.5 percent.

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