New Quinnipiac Poll

[cigaretteman]

General Election: Trump vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 45, Trump 41 Clinton +4
General Election: Bush vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 42, Bush 40 Clinton +2
General Election: Rubio vs. Clinton Quinnipiac Clinton 44, Rubio 43 Clinton +1
General Election: Trump vs. Biden Quinnipiac Biden 48, Trump 40 Biden +8
General Election: Bush vs. Biden Quinnipiac Biden 45, Bush 39 Biden +6
General Election: Rubio vs. Biden Quinnipiac Biden 44, Rubio 41 Biden +3
General Election: Bush vs. Clinton vs. Trump Quinnipiac Clinton 40, Bush 24, Trump 24 Clinton +16
2016 Republican Presidential Nomination Quinnipiac Trump 28, Carson 12, Bush 7, Rubio 7, Cruz 7, Walker 6, Fiorina 5, Kasich 5, Huckabee 3, Paul 2, Christie 4, Perry 1, Santorum 1, Jindal 0, Graham 0 Trump +16
2016 Democratic Presidential Nomination Quinnipiac Clinton 45, Sanders 22, Biden 18, O'Malley 1, Webb 1, Chafee 0 Clinton +23
General Election: Trump vs. Sanders Quinnipiac Sanders 44, Trump 41 Sanders +3
General Election: Bush vs. Sanders Quinnipiac Bush 39, Sanders 43 Sanders +4
General Election: Rubio vs. Sanders Quinnipiac Rubio 41, Sanders 40 Rubio +1

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

 

[TexMichFan]

Should make Biden happy.

 

[hawkeye54545]

If I'm Biden and I see the general election numbers I'm entering the race ASAP.

 

[dgordo]

Except the primary numbers show him losing to clinton by over 20 points.

 

[mstp1992]

Should make Biden happy.

I find it interesting that Rubio polls closest to both Clinton and Biden, yet is middle of the pack within the GOP.

 

[hawkeye54545]

Except the primary numbers show him losing to clinton by over 20 points.

I think that helps prove that Hillary supporters will vote for her regardless of anything. In a general election she may not do quite as well with swing voters as others.

 

[TexMichFan]

I find it interesting that Rubio polls closest to both Clinton and Biden, yet is middle of the pack within the GOP.

When you have so many candidates the picture is really muddy but when you only give people a choice of Rubio or Clinton/Biden they are choosing Rubio and saying he is acceptable just not their first choice. .

 

[moral_victory]

If I'm Biden and I see the general election numbers I'm entering the race ASAP.

For the third time.

 

[moral_victory]

When you have so many candidates the picture is really muddy but when you only give people a choice of Rubio or Clinton/Biden they are choosing Rubio and saying he is acceptable just not their first choice. .

Rubio should be lobbying for instant-runoff voting to take place immediately.

 

[Tom Paris]

I find it interesting that Rubio polls closest to both Clinton and Biden, yet is middle of the pack within the GOP.

When I did one of those online "Which candidate represents you?" questionnaires, my top 3 were Sanders, Rubio, Clinton, in that order.

 

[hawkboy76]

These polls also seem to validate the argument that Sanders would be a real threat in a general election as well. As I noted earlier, the designation socialist does not scare people like it used to (not to mention that most Americans probably have no idea what it even means). Although I think it is unlikely Sanders wins the Dem. nomination, if he does, I think he has a 50/50 shot (maybe better) in the general election.

 

[thewop]

There are almost no real swing votes when it comes to a general election, and most are going to vote based on party regardless of who the candidate is. In order to keep this interesting, I think I'm going to watch the Chinese news network on Directv so I can hear them continually refer to the "Amelican erection" and laugh all the way until November 2016...

 

[Jan Itor]

I think that helps prove that Hillary supporters will vote for her regardless of anything. In a general election she may not do quite as well with swing voters as others.

She could be caught on camera throwing puppies into a wood chipper, and her base would still vote for her.

 

[moral_victory]

There are almost no real swing votes when it comes to a general election, and most are going to vote based on party regardless of who the candidate is. In order to keep this interesting, I think I'm going to watch the Chinese news network on Directv so I can hear them continually refer to the "Amelican erection" and laugh all the way until November 2016...

I am personally hoping the old Jewish man can win the erection.

 

[CuttyDoesIt]

Pretty sad when you look at the state of the GOP when they cant get someone that beat Joe Biden or Hilary Clinton

 

[TexMichFan]

These polls also seem to validate the argument that Sanders would be a real threat in a general election as well. As I noted earlier, the designation socialist does not scare people like it used to (not to mention that most Americans probably have no idea what it even means). Although I think it is unlikely Sanders wins the Dem. nomination, if he does, I think he has a 50/50 shot (maybe better) in the general election.

Is it that or the fact that most people are not familiar with Sanders?

 

[jscott78]

These polls also seem to validate the argument that Sanders would be a real threat in a general election as well. As I noted earlier, the designation socialist does not scare people like it used to (not to mention that most Americans probably have no idea what it even means). Although I think it is unlikely Sanders wins the Dem. nomination, if he does, I think he has a 50/50 shot (maybe better) in the general election.

Conservative scare tactics have rendered the term socialist meaningless. Next, everyone they disagree with will be a communist.They should just stick to denigrating the word liberal. That was when they were at the height of their name calling and it worked really well for them.

 

[cigaretteman]

Is it that or the fact that most people are not familiar with Sanders?

I think it was Mark Shields who pointed out that Sanders represents the disheveled constituency, which has been traditionally underrepresented in American politics.

 

[22*43*51]

Pretty sad when you look at the state of the GOP when they cant get someone that beat Joe Biden or Hilary Clinton

 

[TexMichFan]

I think it was Mark Shields who pointed out that Sanders represents the disheveled constituency, which has been traditionally underrepresented in American politics.

No doubt he is touching a nerve just like Trump is but 40% would be a pretty high number for people to describe themselves as traditionally underrepresented American IMHO.

On bit of information in looking at the poll info is that the top 3 words used to describe Clinton were liar (178), dishonest (123), and untrustworthy (93). Trump did not fair better in his description.

 

[thewop]

Conservative scare tactics have rendered the term socialist meaningless. Next, everyone they disagree with will be a communist.They should just stick to denigrating the word liberal. That was when they were at the height of their name calling and it worked really well for them.

This is probably true actually. On the flip side, "racist, bigot, hypocrite, misogynist" among others have managed to work pretty well to put the GOP in the position it's in now, and the GOP has had no effective comeback to the onslaught.

The GOP answer isn't going to be Trump, but he sure makes it interesting. One day he's talking about taxing the rich, and making corporations pay dearly for importing, and the next he's back to kicking out illegal immigrants. It's no wonder the establisment doesn't like him, because he doesn't align with either party on everything.

 

[LifelongHawk]

Poll good news for 2 people imo, Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders campaigns can spin parts, but other previous polls were better and it has some bad for each. Bush continues meh performance. (complete aside: when respondents answer Bush v Clinton question, how many think of Jeb and Hillary?)

Clinton had been tanking, and end of marked slide not only boosts her campaign but may keep Biden out of the race. While Biden can feel good about general match-ups, there is the huge national gap to Clinton and the grain of salt regarding the "kinda popular candidate not in the race feeding on discontent" phenomena. Think Fred Thompson. And remember Biden's previous runs, he has negatives not stressed publicly at this time, a lack of charisma, and a case of foot in mouth disease.

Rubio may be emerging as the guy for mainstream GOPers.

 

[jscott78]

This is probably true actually. On the flip side, "racist, bigot, hypocrite, misogynist" among others have managed to work pretty well to put the GOP in the position it's in now, and the GOP has had no effective comeback to the onslaught.

The GOP answer isn't going to be Trump, but he sure makes it interesting. One day he's talking about taxing the rich, and making corporations pay dearly for importing, and the next he's back to kicking out illegal immigrants. It's no wonder the establisment doesn't like him, because he doesn't align with either party on everything.

Politics is boring, predictable. Trump isn't he's a blast.