“Rubio were a lock to win the Florida primary”, said Rick Mullaney, director of the JU Public Policy Institute said in a statement by the university.
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Trump leads with 26% support among those who say they plan to vote in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, about the same as in a July WMUR/UNH poll in the state.
For the Democtats, Clinton gets 43 percent of the votes of Democrats, with 25 percent for U.S. Sen.
The poll that’s gotten the most attention is one from Bloomberg that showed Clinton at 33 percent nationally and Biden and Sanders with 25 and 24 respectively.
Clinton’s overall numbers benefit from strong enthusiasm among Democrats: 74 percent who identify with the party say they have a realistic vision of Clinton as president. But if that proves to be a ceiling on Trump’s support, his long-term prospects would dim as other candidates dropped out.
The poll revealed that 53 percent of voters found the campaign to be fun and entertaining to watch, as 21 percent of participants view Trump’s status as “unchanged” from a month ago.
When asked for the “most commonly used words” to describe a candidate 20 percent of respondents first choice for Trump was “crazy”. Voters say Trump isn’t honest and trustworthy by a 57-to-35 percent margin.
Three separate polls were released within a 24-hour period this week – the first major set to measure the state of the GOP race since last Wednesday’s debate.
Fox News offers a new poll of the Republican presidential field (scroll past the Pope Francis stuff to get to the GOP race).
Trump is one of the few candidates, Hillary now beats.
“They speak with a tremendous amount of conviction and resolve, and I think that Jeb’s style, his personality and personal countenance is more contemplative and analytic”, Head said.
Carson has the highest net favorability rating of leading contenders, 48 – 16 percent, with Biden at 50 – 34 percent.
Florida’s “winner-take-all” primary next March will be crucial toward capturing the Republican nomination – especially for Bush and Rubio, who both hail from the state. If he does not to run, the question then becomes what happens to his supporters along with the large number of undecideds.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is flashing hints of staying power as he joins the lead pack of Republicans pulling away from the rest of the field, a fresh round of presidential polls shows.
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The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 1,013 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) from September 20-22, 2015.
