We call these "battleground" states?

Ballotpedia's latest battleground polls:

Florida: 51-37, Clinton
Iowa: 45-41, Clinton
Michigan: 50-33, Clinton
North Carolina: 48-38, Clinton
Ohio: 46-37, Clinton
Pennsylvania: 49-35, Clinton
Virginia: 45-38, Clinton

God bless Republican primary voters. Just take a look at how Kasich (a more polished demagogue than Trump, which is why he lost) fares against Clinton, same states:

Like I said, God bless Republican primary voters, who know not … well, pretty much anything. 

 

Comments

[John S]

Kasich always was the better general election candidate for the GOP but these polls should probably be taken with a grain of salt because hypothetical candidates often outperform real ones. He has whatever W had (not too intellectual and weird enough to seem genuine - it never worked for me but a lot of voters bought it) and Wall Street loves the guy. In reality he was also a Paul Ryan Grover Norquist dream candidate whose seemingly benevolent nature could be as great a con as the Donald and do lasting damage to the country of a different nature than Trump - more dystopia for the less fortunate, less apocalyptic. Glad he's gone.

[Peter G]

That's true. He was probably the most electable of their candidates. And he was universally loathed on the far right. Erickson, when he was at Redstate had not a kind word for Kasich. and no one else there did either.