Posted on 08/27/2015 11:51:03 AM PDT by xzins
The Quinnipiac University poll, released Thursday, also shows Donald Trump smashing the GOP presidential competition garnering 28% support from registered Republican voters in the 17-member field. The real estate mogul's closest competitor is retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who tallies 12%.
Just 7% said they would vote for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a record low since November 2013.
Those results show just how far both Trump -- now the Republican front-runner -- and Bush -- the old one -- have come. Bush led national polls for much of the first half of 2015, but was quickly dislodged by Trump, after he announced his presidential ambitions this June.
Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida both are tied with Bush at 7%, the polls shows, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at 6% and former tech CEO Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich tied at 5%.
"Donald Trump soars; Ben Carson rises; Jeb Bush slips and some GOP hopefuls seem to disappear," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the survey. "Trump proves you don't have to be loved by everyone, just by enough Republicans to lead the GOP pack."
And Trump certainly isn't loved by everyone, the survey shows. About 1-in-4 GOP voters say they would never vote for Trump, topping the field. Bush comes in second with 18%.
Clinton still leads the Democratic race at 45% support from registered Democrats, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 22% and Biden -- who is currently mulling a 2016 bid -- at 18%.
But Biden, currently sporting the highest favorability rating among any 2016 candidates polled of either party, tops Trump 48% to 40%, compared to Clinton, who beats Trump 45% to 41%. Biden also beats Bush, 45% to 39%, compared to Clinton, who beats Bush 42% to 40%.
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Who would vote for Biden? It’s pretty bad when immoral people get upset with the morality of their candidate and choose the lesser of 2 evils.
I guess they’re leaving hades and upgrading to sheol.
Compared to how many Republicans will never vote for jebtard! ?
I won't vote for jebtard!, no krispie, nor quesiche, but then, I'm no longer Republican. I'm Conservative. The GOP can KMA.
It will be good for me when he beats Hitlery, the groper, and the socialist.
RE: Another poll, another good day for Trump
Not with this phrase it isn’t : “Biden leads general election match-ups”
that’s because the media has been busy bashing both Trump and Cruz for some time.
As soon as they start with the positive ads, that will evaporate.
78% of evangelicals who turned out voted for Romney, a net increase over the same who voted for McCain/Palin.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/2012-exit-polls/table.html
The GOP doesn’t have an evangelical problem. They have a spine problem regardless who is in the White House.
The issue is those who didn’t ‘turn out’. Had they done so, Romney would have won.
The media never reports Republicans ahead in presidential polling.
In 1980, Reagan-Carter was identified as too close to call. Reagan had clinched it during the debate. The media intentionally ignored that.
In 1984, we were told in March that either Gary Hart or Walter Mondale would stomp Reagan. The media produced front page polls proclaiming that lie. And in 1988 they invented a landslide lead for Dukakis over Bush after the Democrat Convention. If Dukakis had really had that big a lead, he would have won, especially with how the media Palinized Dan Quayle. It was invented by lying partisans and spread as news.
These people are liars. That’s what they do. They spread disinformation for the Democratic Party. Sometimes they have to retreat from their lies. But their polling should never, ever be believed. Sometimes they are right, but they are wrong just as much, if not more.
Does anybody really believe there is a large movement out there for Biden or Hillary to continue this disaster?
Trump increased his count 8% from 20% in July same pollsters, and Carson I believe increased his by 6% from 6% from the last Q poll.
Not so good... “But Biden, currently sporting the highest favorability rating among any 2016 candidates polled of either party, tops Trump 48% to 40%, compared to Clinton, who beats Trump 45% to 41%. Biden also beats Bush, 45% to 39%, compared to Clinton, who beats Bush 42% to 40%.”
According to these jokers, our ‘best’ candidate still loses to a crook or a dolt.
Except Biden isn’t running.
What kind of poll is this?
Don’t forget they have the La Raza twins warming up in case Ole Joe whiffs it.
Look closely at what I linked you, especially those age bands.
Heh, bring that on. :') Thanks xzins.
The internals of this poll are truly frightening.
It looks like so far with the 2016 election, ideology reigns as #1, with popularity #2, with specific competencies and trustworthiness far behind. In 2008, popularity was king.
Look at the 18-34 year old, 35-49 year old, and college educated vote. All Democrat candidates have the strongest support in these three cohorts. The age groups have shifted from In 2008, younger people supported Obama first and foremost because he was charismatic, young, hip, and cool (popular). Clinton, Biden, and Sanders have none of Obama’s charisma, youth, or hipness, but all are ideologically left.
Even among the college educated, Bush fares poorly against all three. So the supposedly nuanced, educated voters, when faced with a totally untrustworthy Clinton, or a socialist flake Sanders, prefer them to a GOPe Bush.
The Republicans, conservatives, and the populists have lost the future.
How damaged is the Republican brand at this point? How much damage did George W. Bush, Iraq, and Katrina do to the Republican party? The answer is enough to insulate the Stuttering Clusterf—k or a Miserable Failure that is Obama from any repercussions of his failures, and the ossified Democrat party.
Is this a vote for liberal policies, or is this a vote against Republicans? I think it is both. Republicans were still a tarnished brand in 1980, but Reagan was able to win against a failed Democrat president by selling conservatism as the answer.
We have a problem. Rubio’s youth, charisma, and optimism cannot move the scale with the under 50 and the college educated. Bush’s supposed broad appeal cannot move the scale with the under 50 and the college educated. Trump’s populism and brashness cannot move the scale with the under 50 and the college educated.
Everyone in the political class is worried about the Hispanic vote, but Bush or Rubio getting 35% of the Hispanic vote is not going to be enough to win the election. But I think the under 50 vote is far more important, as is the college educated.
I know your post was not directed at me, but when I read xzins’ post I considered a third alternative, in that many Christian Conservatives sat the last two prez elections out as many could see no difference between McCain & obama, and especially Romney & obama.
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