Posted on 04/03/2014 3:59:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
With a crushing dominance shown in repeated polls, Democrat Hillary Clinton is on a path to do something her husband and two-term president never achieved: win a majority of more than 50 percent of the presidential vote in 2016.
In the latest poll, Zogby Analytics confirmed the trend showing the former secretary of state, one-term New York senator and former first lady beating Sen. Rand Paul, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie by more than 50 percent.
Seizing a majority would give her substantial bragging rights over her husband, who won in 1992 with just 43 percent of the vote and re-election in 1996 with 49 percent. In each year, Bill Clinton and the Republican candidate lost votes to independent Ross Perot.
Aided by a huge gender gap, Clinton in the Zogby poll edges Bush 51 percent to 33 percent, beats Paul 53 percent to 32 percent and wins over Christie 52 percent to 29 percent.
She leads the Republicans among virtually all groups of voters, including younger Americans, men, white voters and independents. She’s even supported by 36 percent of evangelical voters.
Asked where she falls short, pollster John Zogby told Secrets that she loses Republicans, conservatives and evangelicals.
“For today, Mrs. Clinton is riding a crest and the GOP candidates are under water,” said Zogby, who also does the weekly Obama Report Card for Secrets. It posts every Saturday morning.
Some of the details from Zogby's latest polling:
In a race against former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Mrs. Clinton leads 51% to 33%, with 16% undecided. A close look at the poll's internals suggests that the former First Lady and U.S. Senator strongly holds on to the main elements of the Democratic base that propelled Barack Obama to victory twice. She leads 49% to 38% among men and 53% to 29% among women; she holds big leads among all voting groups under 65; she wins 87% support among Democrats and holds a 17-point lead among independents (45%-28%); has a 37 point lead with moderates (58%-21%) and almost clears the deck with liberals (87%-5%).
Mrs. Clinton also is ahead among Catholics (47%-34%) and Protestants (47%-39%), including receiving 36% support among Born Again/Evangelical voters. She wins among voters in union households (65%-23%), married voters (48%-37%) and single voters (56%-26%); social networkers (61%-27%), Investor Class (56%-32%), the Creative Class (57%-28%), and Weekly Wal-Mart Shoppers (54%-33%). She holds a 3-point lead among white voters (43%-40%), and wallops Mr. Bush among both Hispanics (67%-17%) and African Americans (84%-9%).
Mrs. Clinton fares even better against both Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (53%-32%) and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (52%-29%). Sub-group support is about the same as her race against Governor Bush, except Senator Paul appears to be doing better among younger voters, a group he is targeting for support. Mrs. Clinton leads Mr. Paul 49% to 32%, while her lead against Mr. Bush among these voters is 54%-30%. She leads Mr. Christie among young voters 55%-28%.
this poll means nothing, it’s simply a poll a name recognition and some nastalga for the 90’s before Obama destroyed everything.
Like the polls that said Mr. Obama would win both times?
Think that, and she’ll get 60%.
The elite are trying to destroy conservatism and the Dims are going to clean up in 2016. You think it’s bad now ...
How many times do I have to repeat, a poll taken this long before Election Day does not matter?
“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad”
If this poll is even close to being accurate, we truly live in a nation of imbeciles.
Apparently most Christians are not Christians. Vomit-inducing.
Exactly right. I do think that whatever name is settled on will pick up some, and especially Paul, who is much less a “name” than either Bush or Christie, would make up ground faster, but the nation has gone stone stupid.
And Nancy pelosi as her Vice President?
Put up another McCain/Romney and, yes, this poll will mean something.
A fiery conservative will rally Americans to his side; a limp-wristed campaign will inspire most to sit in their rocking chairs.
America is a cesspool of fat, lazy, ignorant prideful subhumans who consider themselves well-informed if they heard somebody’s name before.
and we’re letting these people vote!
A pox on all of our houses.
The GOP is in deep trouble with any national ticket we put up because of the changing demographics. And anyone who does not realize that this women is in a very good position to win in 2016 is whistling past the graveyard.
The vast majority of people haven’t even see a picture of Hillary in over a decade.
Wait until the old hag pops on the TV during 2016 and jaws will drop.
I can hear it now... OMG! she’s soooo OLD! what the heck happened to her?
It’s one thing to imagine a Hillary candidacy, it’s entirely another to actually see the what the old hag has turned into.
Every year 2.48m (mostly white, majority R) voters die and are replaced by 2.52m (mostly minority, heavily D) voters.
It’s a tough trend to fight for sure.
Baloney. Evangelicals?? Where do they get these pollees??
People like being white liberals.
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