Posted on 03/09/2016 12:26:52 PM PST by reaganaut1
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.
While Trump remains the front-runner for the GOP nomination, Republicans like former presidential contender Mitt Romney have urged their party's voters to back Cruz or Rubio, whom they say would have a greater chance of defeating the Democratic nominee.
The NBC/WSJ data supports that theory; both Cruz and Rubio would be competitive with the former secretary of state, both running within the margin of error in hypothetical general election battles against Clinton.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
I think that it’s of utmost importance that ScottinVA release the details of the media’s planned, imminent attack on Trump. Releasing those plans would be critical in case Cruz is the nominee so that we can be prepared. It’s very likely that the propaganda press would use the same tactics against Cruz.
“Really? Then you must have insider info on that line of attack. Tell us the details.”
That’s cute. Play your little games if you must.
You and I both know the media has a history of that practice. Just as they did vs Romney in 2012. They played “nice,” then once Romney was nominated, out came the “war on women” narrative. But so don’t have to convince you of this. You already know.
*But I don’t have to convince you of this..
No, you said with specificity that the media had a plan to take down Trump. What is that plan? We need to know that plan because the media may do something similar if Cruz is the nominee.
If the media’s past practice of that kind of gamesmanship isn’t enough context for you to draw the same conclusion, there’s no point in discussing this with you.
I gentlemanly and gracefully call "BULL$HIT."
I know. Cruz cannot seem to beat Trump, yet he would fair better against Hillary???
PURE BULL$HIT
This is a forecast that will give you pause because of the number of times it's been CORRECT since 1912.
The ONLY time this forecast, has been incorrect when applied, was ONCE, which was in 1960.
This is a PROFOUND PREDICTION
Political science professor forecasts Trump as general election winner
The Statesman | February 23, 2016 | Christopher Cameron
Professor Helmut Norpoth's forecast presentation took place Monday evening in the SUNY Global Center in Manhattan, which was organized by the Stony Brook Alumni Association.
Norpoth created a statistical model of presidential elections that uses a candidate's performance in their party's primary and patterns in the electoral cycle as predictors of the presidential vote in the general election.
Donald Trump has a 97 percent chance of defeating Hillary Clinton and a 99 percent chance of defeating Bernie Sanders in the general election, according to Norpoth's formula.
"The bottom line is that the primary model, using also the cyclical movement, makes it almost certain that Donald Trump will be the next president," Norpoth said, "if he's a nominee of the [Republican] party."
Norpoth's primary model works for every presidential election since 1912, with the notable exception of the 1960 election. These results give the model an accuracy of 96.1 percent.
Complete story source:
Here you go...tell me which poll you’re referencing...
Yeah. Right.
This poll is pure propaganda, as a recent FR thread demonstrates quite convincingly.
Anybody citing it is either ignorant or sloppy drunk on Establishment koolaid, and should be ashamed of themselves for spreading such blatant spin.
Please go peddle your worthless garbage push polls over at DU...
Polls are propaganda?
Neah. Talking about both tickets. That our public accepts Trump, Hillary!, and Mad Uncle Bernie as the leading contenders for the office of President, it really bad sign.
The Constitution calls for such challenges AFTER the election and BEFORE the Inauguration in it’s language. You can be sure that the Democrat Congress and Senate WILL object and throw the election results into the Supreme Court. It only takes 1 Congressman and 1 Senator to accomplish this.
Congressman Alan Grayson (D Fla.) has already volunteered. The Dem. Senators will pull straws to be the other objector with Harry Reid taking the honors.
Both the Conservatives and the Court Liberals will overturn any Cruz election......The Conservatives because of Article II and the Liberals because it throws the election to Hillary.
Sorry, but that’s just the way it will be. Reality sucks.
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