Posted on 03/09/2016 10:12:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Last night, Donald Trump called on Republicans to unite behind him and declared that only he could defeat Hillary Clinton. A new NBC/WSJ poll out this morning disputes that claim — although the general election is still a long way off. Trump loses to both Hillary and Bernie Sanders by double-digit margins in this sample of 1200 registered voters, but Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz look much more competitive:
Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders would handily defeat Donald Trump in a general election match-up, while a clash between Clinton and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz or Florida Sen. Marco Rubio would be a toss-up, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The poll shows that Trump, who frequently boasts in interviews and campaign appearances that he would beat Clinton in November, would lose a one-on-one contest against her by double digits. In a head-to-head fight, Clinton gets the support of 51 percent of registered voters compared to 38 percent for the real estate mogul.
For Sanders, the margin of victory would be even greater, the poll shows.
The Vermont senator gets 55 percent support in a hypothetical two-person race against Trump, while the GOP front-runner would get just 37 percent.
For the record, Rubio ties Hillary at 46%. while Cruz trails within the margin of error, 45/47. The pollsters didn’t ask about head-to-head matchups against Sanders for either of the two Republican Senators, which is too bad, as a Sanders nomination is still not out of the realm of possibility.
Readers should consider a couple of caveats in this poll. First, the sample leans toward desiring a Democratic president, 46/42, asked prior to the candidate questions (the sample overall is D+6). Second, head-to-head polling at this stage still carries a lot of emotional freight that may well disappear after the conventions, or at least diminish significantly. If Trump wins the nomination, he will have months to shift his approach for the general election and test whether he’s right about building a large coalition of disaffected non-Republicans.
However, the favorability numbers show why Trump struggles against the two Democrats, at least at this stage. Hillary gets a 38/51, or -13 favorability rating, in this poll; Sanders has a +7 at 43/36. Rubio has a -11 at 28/39, likely the product of his fierce and personal attacks on Trump, but Cruz does worse with -18 at 27/45. Trump, however, gets only 25/64 for a -39 rating, by far the worst in the field. Trump also does worst among all candidates for potential support in a general election at 32/67 (although not that far behind Cruz and Rubio), and also worst among Republican primary voters for support for the nomination at 56/43.
Given that, it’s hardly surprising that Trump does poorly in a general pool of registered voters — now, anyway. Would that change once the GOP infighting stops and Republicans accept Trump as the nominee? Maybe, but at that point the media will likely become entirely hostile to Trump and probably a lot less generous about air time, too. If Trump didn’t adjust by organizing effectively on the ground — and there’s still time to do that, especially with the RNC’s efforts already in place — then those negatives would likely drive Trump’s chances into the slim or none category.
We've come to the conclusion that very simple and uncomplicated things are made confusing and complicated by the verbiage of politicians
Trump has more than once, when asked a question, just said ... "nope"
That's all
If pressed for more language he re-iterates, "Nope, I just don't think so"
And THAT is what America is looking for
The whole of the democrat language is loaded with explanation(s) for this give-away and that give-away where .... if you just stop giving away .... the subject ceases to exist
That's the way Trump will beat Hillary .... if she's not in prison
Hot air is right ...
Shhhh.. You’re blowing their narrative.
Let the idiots in the media flail away all they want and just keep in mind it will get much worse in the general.
At this point in 1980, Carter led Reagan by 38 points.
I was just ready to post the exact same one word response!
I see the newest meme is being sent out, sigh.
Ballot Box feed
March 09, 2016, 08:17 am
Poll: Clinton would easily beat Trump
Boy, the media is full bore aren’t they? I hope you people posting and reading this trash aren’t paying into their games...
“Can you show me where a Cruz fan actually said that?”
Oh goody! Another standard boilerplat “Duuuur I’ve never seen that” post.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3397160/posts?q=1&;page=41
The Secret Army Stumping for Ted Cruz
You can read PAGES of comments of Cruz supports sure as hell that the polls were WRONG in South Carolina and that Cruz will have a army of fellow southern evangelicals that will be flooding the polls to prove them all wrong.
And if you are too lazy to look, then dont bother replying with “I dont see anything” because then I will know you are lying.
Excellent question. Beside inaccurate, they are push polls like with SC to provide media talking points against Trump.
The WSJ is an Open Border group of PR thugs paid for and controlled by Rupert Murdoch.
ABC - All Bill Clinton
CBS - Clinton Broadcasting System
CNN - Clinton News Network
They’re all just one big slobber fest of Clinton lickspittles.
It’s all about turnout.
If turnout in primaries is any indication, Trump wins. BY A LOT.
Polls 8 months out are generally worthless anyways.
ABCNNBCBS....................
Check out how accurate their SC poll was
Why not thank the people who were polled.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Another pile of bull shlt.
Another pile of bull shlt.
Yes.
The polls are a true reflection of what the people want ... if they favor Trump.
The polls are complete garbage and made up by GOPe and other mean people.
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