Posted on 08/02/2013 8:22:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In a recent poll of Alaska voters, George Zimmerman -- who was recently acquitted in the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin -- got a surprising 2 percent support as a hypothetical Republican presidential candidate.
The newest Alaska survey from Public Policy Polling shows Hillary Clinton's only chance of winning the state in 2016 would be in a matchup against Republican Sarah Palin, where Clinton would lead 49/40 percent.
Clinton trails all other Republican candidates in the survey. Out in front, Chris Christie leads her by 8 points at 46/38, Jeb Bush leads at 49/42, Rand Paul is up 6 at 49/43, Marco Rubio has a 3-point lead at 45/42, and Paul Ryan leads by a single point at 47/46.
GOP voters in Alaska named Rand Paul as their top choice for Republican candidate at 18 percent, followed by 14 percent for Palin, 13 percent for Christie, 11 percent for Jeb Bush, 9 percent for both Rubio and Ryan, 8 percent for Ted Cruz, 5 percent for Rick Santorum, and 2 percent for George Zimmerman.
When removing Palin and Zimmerman from the field, Paul gets up to 20 percent support, with Bush at 15 percent, Christie and Ryan at 14 percent, Rubio at 10 percent, Cruz at 9 percent, and Santorum at 6 percent.....
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
Who’s your candidate to beat Hilary?
Palin or Cruz right now
Me too.
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