[Fox] Poll: Trump Beats Hillary in General Election Match-Up [Trump +14 - 47% Clinton 44%]

Breitbart ^ | 8 Jan 2016 | Mike Flynn

[GonzoII]

A new FoxNews poll shows GOP frontrunner Donald Trump edging Hillary Clinton in a general election match-up. A December poll from Fox showed Hillary ahead of Trump by 11 points. This latest poll, however, has Trump beating Clinton by 3 points, 47-44 percent.

Since early December, Trump has been engulfed in media controversies surrounding his proposal to temporarily ban Muslim immigrants and his rhetoric confronting Hillary about President Bill Clinton's salacious past and allegations of sexual misconduct with women. In that time, a potential general election match-up against Hillary has swung 14 points in Trump's favor.

At the beginning of summer, Hillary led Trump by 17 points in an earlier Fox poll. Hillary is plagued by two significant challenges. Voter approval of Barack Obama is only 42 percent, while 53 percent disapprove of his job performance. Obama's approval numbers are near the historic lows of his presidency.

Worse, however, are Obama's marks on a number of important issues. In fact, on every issue tested, whether improving health care or containing ISIS, a strong majority of voters believe Obama will be remembered more for his failures than successes.

Hillary's challenge isn't just Obama's unpopularity, however. She receives the lowest marks of any candidate running for president on being honest and trustworthy. Only 36 percent of voters believe Hillary is honest. A staggering 62 percent, almost two-thirds, say she is not trustworthy.

A candidate viewed as dishonest seeking to succeed an increasingly unpopular president itself presents a formidable challenge. The challenge is perhaps harder for Hillary, given the Clintons' long record with voters. Almost half of voters, 46 percent, say Bill Clinton's sex scandals have hurt Hillary's campaign. Only 29 percent of voters say the sex scandals won't make a difference in her campaign.

[dandiegirl]

I notice how Rove has not gone after Trump. Trump would embarrass him and say how he spent all that money and Romney lost. I think he said it once a while back and that shut Rove up.

[DoughtyOne]

It's the rage these days,
so lets all play Conservative Review Checkers,
the Cruz vs Trump classic.

[djstex]

Trump slays the beast and bubba too! ;)

[dp0622]

I think i’ll be leaving the site for the reason I posted In the other post I sent you, but i’m glad for you nopardons :)

you must be like a kid at Christmas with this poll!!!!

i’ll miss you.

[MaxFlint]

Oh no the MSM is going to try and define our guy. Let's go into the fetal position and let them. Tears and fears are what we are about. Waaaaaah!

In the face of media attacks who will do a better job fighting back and defining himself, Trump or Cruz?

[nopardons]

Oh PLEASE don't leave!

Did I say something that upset you ?

Polls at this time don't mean all that much; something, but until the votes start coming in, no, I won't be celebrating. When Trump becomes the nominee, yes, I'll be happy, but it won't be over until he is elected and sworn in. :-)

[dp0622]

you didn’t get the post I sent you with the ANTI CATHOLIC VITROL from skypilot?

[nopardons]

No, I didn't and IF I had, I would have come roaring in and trashed that poster!

I HATE the religious crap that gets thrown around here between/amongst Christians.

[dp0622]

it was removed. I overreacted. just it’s happened like five or six times over the past few months and it hurts.

giving an opinion of the pope is different than sending Vitrol and Hated someone’s way

[nopardons]

I'm VERY glad that it was removed!

Please ping mes IF it should ever happen again and I'll go to war with you, against the morons! I HATE that kind of crap! There's no place for it here, nor anywhere else, for that matter.

[dp0622]

You’re a good man nopardons.

thanks.

Trump!!!!! :)

what the heck, he’s gonna win the primary and the generals so might as well get used to it :)

I knew him before ALL of you in NYC!!!

never read anything vile about him.

that’s not easy being under the microscope in NYC

[nopardons]

Thanks for the compliment; much appreciated. I don't stand for personal attacks like the ones you have gotten and am always happy to take on/take down such vile posters. They don't belong here, nor anywhere; for that matter!

LOL...you didn't know about him before I did...you keep forgetting that. :-)

Trump is a dynamo and a phenom. This is historical, but then, so are the past almost 8 years that we have suffered through. This nation has NEVER before had a President who HATED this country before! Stupid presidents, corrupt one, inept ones, but NEVER EVER anything like this present one.

Trump is the right man for this time; the ONLY one for this time...if we want this nation to survive and prosper.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Will respond to the rest of your post, but first ... here is what I mean about the Trump Revolution:

EXPLICIT PICS: Nude Cologne Protest: ‘We Are Not Fair Game, Even When We Are Naked!’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3381642/posts

[response to ...]

Cologne Mayor to Victims of [German] Migrant Sex Assaults: You Asked For It

[More specifics about the Trump Revolution here ...]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3381137/posts

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This train keeps speeding up. Muslims have been doing daily hideous things in Europe ever since 9-11-01, and probably longer than that. There WILL be more outrages, and Europe’s sensitivity now grows exponentially.

At the same time, England is publicly berating Trump in the House of Commons — that will only speed up Europe’s Trump Revolution.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

To be fair, there is an excellent chance that Cruz could win too. Trump — 98% chance. Cruz probably 70% I would guess — I don’t think his strategists are fast enough reg recent outrages. And he treats Hillary with kid gloves.

Would Cruz treat Sanders with too much deference as well?

And let’s face it — campaign funds aren’t going to be all that easy for Cruz — the ‘G’ OP Establishment won’t help him. In fact they will sabotage him every way they can as well as Trump. He can probably get a lot of small donations though. But funding’s not a sure thing like with Trump.

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But Trump keeps blasting away, and Hillary will become the DNC’s first Nixon. [Kind of ironic since she was part of the Nixon investigation.] So Sanders might be the same as a socialist-DNC ‘Ford’. Either guy could most likely beat him.

[jaydee770]

How in the heck does hitlery get 44% against *anyone*? If that poll is accurate, this nation is well and truly broken.

[jaydee770]

“...Real Clear Politics has Cruz at 46.3% to Clinton 44.5% [and] Real Clear Politics has Trump at 42.6% to Clinton 44.6%...”

Be interesting to see what happens to the poll numbers when it’s:

Trump/Cruz or Cruz/Trump
— vs —
Clinton/Whoever

I would predict a significant one-sidedness.

[lodi90]

Cruz, who I like, has zero ability to get cross-over votes. He would stand no chance at beating Clinton. For what it’s worth, that’s my opinion.

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Yep. “Anti-TPA” Hillabeast would crush Obama TPA campaigner Cruz in Ohio and there goes the election for the GOP right there. Trump will sweep the old rust belt matched up against Mrs. Nafta, IMO.

[Grampa Dave]

Excellent summary and prediction:

But Trump keeps blasting away, and Hillary will become the DNC’s first Nixon. [Kind of ironic since she was part of the Nixon investigation.]

[Grampa Dave]

Folks need to really ask themselves if they want to win, and stop Hillary, or do they want to vote for Cruz because they think it puts them in better with God.

64 posted on 1/9/2016, 8:18:34 AM by Lagmeister (

[Grampa Dave]

A 14 percent shift? I call that a surge.

Now! Now! Don't you know that Trump only peaks while others surge!