More than half of likely Republican primary voters, 53 percent, said Trump, the victor of the New Hampshire primary, was their strongest candidate against the Democrats this fall, compared with 19 percent who chose Cruz and 16 percent who picked Rubio.
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The poll added that the main issue for potential Democratic caucus goers will be how either candidate addresses the economy with 42 percent of them rating economy as their top issue.
For the other issues, Clinton was perceived as being better on foreign policy, racial issues, immigration and health care.
For months, pundits have marked Nevada in the “win” column for Hillary Clinton, who was thought to hold an unassailable lead with the state’s large Hispanic population. Cruz was in second with 22 percent, followed by Rubio at 14 percent and Jeb Bush at 10 percent.
1, the Nevada state party has sanctioned the use of a “game of chance” to break caucus deadlocks.
The poll, conducted from February 10 to February 15, shows voters were also divided when asked which candidate would better handle the economy: 48 percent selected Clinton while 47 percent choose Sanders.
In the Democratic race, frontrunner Hillary Clinton still holds a double-digit lead – 55-34 – over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s 18.7 percent. Early voting continues through Tuesday.
Trump bests his closest competitor two-to-one in SC in the final days before that state’s Republican primary (much like in the lead up to New Hampshire).
That was more than the amount of coverage given to Hillary Clinton (eight minutes), Donald Trump (seven minutes) and Marco Rubio (five minutes). If Clinton were to go against Cruz and Trump, the results are within the margin of error, Cruz winning 45 to 44 percent and Trump by 45 to 43 percent. Bernie Sanders both won by double digits – a pair of feisty debates proved the nomination fight won’t be wrapping up anytime soon. Herzik says while Sanders’ and Clinton’s policies are not very different, it’s the individuality in their approach that sets them apart in the Democratic electorate.
Sanders has made similar promises, but his campaign has attacked Clinton for providing too little detail in her immigration plan.
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By contrast, in 2008, the Culinary Union supported Barack Obama in his run against Clinton.
