Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) eviscerates Clinton by 16 whole percentage points in a genereal election showdown.
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Meanwhile, Colorado voters have saved their warm welcome for Republican Ben Carson.
Despite Sanders polling better in a general election matchup, Clinton leads the Democratic field with 55 percent, followed by Sanders with 27 percent, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at 2 percent and 15 percent undecided. “As winter moves into the Rockies, Coloradans say the Democratic front-runner would get bruised and beaten by all the top GOP opponents, and absolutely crushed by Sen”. “Marco Rubio and Dr. Ben Carson”. The Republican primary results, likewise, carry little significance because the state party canceled its 2016 presidential preference poll at the March 1 caucus. A 2014 Quinnipiac poll put Gov. John Hickenlooper down 10 points to his Republican rival weeks before voting began even though others showed him with a narrow 2 percentage point edge.
But against the GOP candidates, Clinton’s numbers slipped significantly from Quinnipiac’s poll in July. A victory there is seen as essential to GOP hopes to retaking the White House.
Carson, Rubio, Cruz and Sanders all received positive favorability ratings.
Colorado voters say 67 – 30 percent that Clinton is not honest and trustworthy and 57 – 37 percent that Trump is not honest. Voters, however, are not convinced with his leadership skills, giving him the lowest grade, with 45 percent of respondents saying he has strong leadership skills, to 44 percent who say he does not.
The survey – conducted November 11-15 – began a day after the most recent GOP debate and two weeks after the candidates appeared on stage in Boulder. The poll also surveyed 404 Democrats with a 4.9 percentage point margin of error. More than 5.35 million people live in Colorado, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 estimate.
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