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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First poll in a while showing a close race...and it probably is close. Botj Trump and Hillary are equally loathsome and disgusting no one wants to vote for either one of them.
Hypothetical debate:
Hillary/Cruz
Question: What exactly was the situation that occurred at Benghazi?
Hillary: There was an anti-Muslim video that was so horrendous that the peaceful Muslim people spontaneously revolted and killed 4 Americans. There was nothing we could do...
Cruz: There was a video, yes, but the Muslim people planned to go ahead and kill the Americans as soon as they could.
Hillary/Trump
Hillary: There was an anti-Muslim video that was so horrendous that the peaceful Muslim people spontaneously revolted and killed 4 Americans. There was nothing we could do...
Trump: What a stupid statement...What a lie...The video probably wasn’t even shown to them...Most probably don’t have the internet...The ones who assaulted our ambassador still live in the Stone Age...They just do what they are told so they can go to Paradise...
Nothing you could do??? Obama had to come off the 5th tee to see what was happening and that was only because his advisors said he’d better...
You sat there in your pink pants suit on your fat ass and refused to send in troops that were chomping at the bit to go and SAVE Americans...You are worthless and a liar...
This is the way debates will go...Trump will crush Hillary and Cruz will “politispeak”...
That was my thought,too.
Trump called her out as a liar at least three times in a speech today. And he slowly enunciated the word. He is going to get nasty with her now to get his poll numbers up. This way he can win the Republican nomination. Many vile RINOS will go with the strong horse TRUMP. They just need to be incentivized
Yeah...That’s why Trump leads in the delegate count and overall with the American voters....
btt
Notice more Cruz supporters are willing to support trump than trump supporters are willing to support Cruz.
And Ted “I am the only one who can beat Hillary” Cruz is about to lose to no hoper Kasich in 4-6 states in the next couple weeks. This race is over.
Even Trump doesn't like Trump. I heard he got rich so he could have enough to money to be somebody else.
Trump is a granny-abuser. When it is just Trump and Clinton running in the summer I will be vindicated as he gives Hillary a heaping helping of boot salad.
With the “assistance” of the sycophantic media, Hillary has boxed herself into a corner. All Trump or Cruz would have to do is tell the easily-verifiable, but little-reported, truth about her and down she goes.
My bottom line is DEFEATING the Democrats. Period.
tRump is no Reagan.
CNN Moderator:
Mr Trump how does being a racist woman hater that starts riots qualify you to be president?
CNN Moderator or Megan Kelly:
Madame president elect who does your hair and will you graciously share his number with us?
No doubt.....
Trump isnt that popular outside his sect of supporters. His disapprovals are near 70%. In this poll you got 30% saying they would vote 3rd party or not vote at all in a Trump vs Hillary election. This shows the emance unpopularity of the two. Trump and Hillary supporters see them as saviors. The rest of the nation sees them as phonies and frauds.
Oh, I see...The primary results and the rallies don’t mean anything...I see....
If true, Trump must be leading in NY state, and that would seem impossible to believe considering how much New Yorkers like Mrs. Bill.
Questionable online poll methodology: “The poll was conducted online from April 4 through April 10 of 11,204 adults aged 18 and over who say they are registered to vote.”
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