Not only is he sinking rapidly in the polls — he's losing by a larger margin than the past two Republican also-rans.
He now trails by about 7 percentage points in the national averages calculated by RealClearPolitics and HuffPost Pollster, and has been forced to play defense in a number of reliably Republican states.
And that widening chasm between the candidates in national polls is playing out on the Electoral College map as well. As Clinton has pulled away from Trump overall, she’s moved traditional battleground states into her column.
Clinton posted significant leads this week in Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania — which would clinch the election for the Democrat, even if she lost Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Clinton has also put longtime Republican states Arizona and Georgia into play, even though neither state has voted Democrat since Bill Clinton was president.