But businessman Donald Trump Clinton has a 3-point edge over Donald Trump in the poll, 46 percent to 43 percent.
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“Clinton gets crushed on character issues, pounded by Carson and closely challenged by Sen”. Ted Cruz of Texas, with ten percent, and former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, with eight percent.
Carson’s standing with independent voters is his biggest advantage over other Republicans.
For the Republicans, Trump drew 24 percent, Carson 23 percent, Rubio 14 percent and Cruz 13 percent.
The other head-to-heads are closer: Clinton trails Rubio, 46% to 41%, but tops Trump 46% to 43%, Cruz (46% to 43%) and Christie (46% to 41%).
Our NBC-Wall Street journal poll shows Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson would each get almost half the vote, if the election were held today.
As for the Democrat party, Hillary Clinton is still in the lead with 53% support, as opposed to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, with only 35%. Carson has the highest favorability, with 82 percent. When asked which candidate could most likely beat Hillary Clinton?
And while Carson is biting Trump’s heels, he remains the most formidable challenger to Clinton, beating her 50-40%.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, meanwhile, received just 4 percent of the vote among Republicans and had the worst net favorability rating of candidate with a negative 25 to 58 percent score, Quinnipiac found. But he still has a long way to go before he could overtake his primary rival Clinton’s ratings. One area in which the poll shows decreased support for Carson is among black respondents.
“This continues the trend of Carson being the most electable candidate for the Republicans at this point pretty much everywhere we poll”.
Trump’s visit to Springfield occurs prior to the next Republican Presidential Debate, which will be hosted by Fox Business Network in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 10.
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Results for the likely Republican caucus-goers have a margin of error of plus or minus 4 points, while the results for the likely Democratic caucus-goers have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 points.
