Posted on 04/12/2016 5:55:53 PM PDT by dennisw
There's just two points separating Hillary Clinton from Republican Donald Trump according to a new general election tracking poll The poll also shows the discord among Republicans with only about half of Trump and Ted Cruz's vowing to support the other GOP candidate
Primary polling has Trump comfortably ahead of his Republican rivals, while Clinton bests Bernie Sanders by six points
A new poll from NBC News shows a highly competitive race between frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton come November.
In a head-to-head match-up, the new NBC News/SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll shows Clinton with 38 percent support and Trump with 36 percent support from registered voters, for a difference of two, which is just slightly outside the poll's error estimate of plus or minus 1.3 percent.
Another 16 percent would prefer to vote for a third-party candidate, while 8 percent would stay home.
Sen. Ted Cruz, who has the second-most amount of delegates on the Republican side, is also competitive against Clinton, though the race isn't nearly as tight.
In a hypothetical Clinton-Cruz match-up, the Texas senator receives 32 percent, while Clinton scores five points higher at 37 percent.
Additionally, another 19 percent would vote for a third-party candidate, while 10 percent would sit at home on Election Day.
The poll showcased the divisive nature of the GOP primary, which is likely to be settled at a contested convention in Cleveland in July.
Of respondents who said they supported Cruz, only a little more than half said they would support Trump in the general election – 56 percent.
A full quarter, 26 percent, said they would look for a third-party candidate, though Cruz's Republicans would not really drift to Clinton, with only 6 percent saying they'd support the former secretary of state.
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Don’t let the Pampers Cruzers see this, they are just going to whine more
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ClearedHot, Atlanta, United States, 4 minutes ago
If NBC say they’re close, then Trump is probably leading by about 20 and the media is about to panic.
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James Harcomb, dublin, United States, 9 minutes ago
But the GOP establishment is basing their entire “anybody but Trump” attacks thinking he can’t win? sure looks like he can and will!
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BobbyHuertas70, Spokane, 17 minutes ago
It overthrows the GOP establishment lie that Trump can’t win.
Your compelling argument has caused me to rethink my position.
...and that’s BEFORE the FBI votes :)
The good news is that Bill and Hill, in their infinite wisdom, have released all THEIR Trump Docs today, and early indications are their is nothing incriminating in them for the Donald.
That was Close.
Oh wait they saved the BEST for the General, They wouldn’t do that, would they?
This is GREAT news, with a caveat that those smarter than me can answer.
Another 16 percent would prefer to vote for a third-party candidate... PREFER. What if they had no third party choice. Would have liked to see that breakdown.
Why is this poll so different from every poll since early March. Is it a Clinton, Trump, Cruz or Sanders dynamic that has changed for better or worse?
How could that be? 2DV just posted for a thousandth time that Trump was going to have the biggest loss ever in November. s/
I can’t wait for Trump to lambaste her with the first question, she’ll faint and pee her pampers on the first statement...and Trump will go into the Oval Office, while shillary is still trying to breathe....
Go.Trump.Go!!!
And Trump hasn’t even started on Hitlery yet.
Oops....looks like Trump is closing...and he hasn’t even really started the general campaign yet.
When Trump un-loads on Hillary, she won’t know what hit her. She has been able to relax a bit about all her scandals for the time being because of the willing/accomplice media covering for her. We have seen how Trump gets right around them and speaks directly to the electorate. She will be exposed for the filthy, lying thief she is.
“A new poll from NBC News shows a highly competitive race between frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton come November.”
When Trump begins his relentless beatdown of Bill and Hill, it’s not going to be close.
How can this be?
Hillary! is anointed!
Hillary! is inevitable!
It’s Hillary’s turn!
Cruz would lose in a landslide if he was the nominee ...
NBC poll... The tRump Rangers should see the many polls showing the mercurial Mr. T losing to the Hillary or Bernie.
Carter was 30 points ahead of Reagan at this point in 1980 and won by 10 points for a 40 point turnaround. Applying the same math, Trump should beat Shrillary by 38 points.
Agreed
Poor Reagan, he lost to Carter in 1980, those polls in March and April said so
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