For example, if pitted against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Bloomberg, just under two-thirds of Republican voters said they would support Trump, according to poll results.
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The latest Marquette Law School poll finds Gov. Scott Walker’s approval rating stands mired at 38 percent, while 57 percent of registered voters in the state disapprove of the job he’s doing. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wins the Democratic nomination, the survey found. Fifty-seven percent of Republicans surveyed said they would vote for the businessman in such a match-up, while 18 percent would support Sanders and 9 percent would back Bloomberg.
The poll was conducted from January 21 to 24, 2016, with pollsters using both cell phones and land lines. Carson is the top candidate among 7 percent of Tennessee Republicans.
Trump was tied for second last time with 19 percent.
Many Republicans complained that Mr. Perot’s entry into the 1992 race hurt their candidate more than the Democrat, Mr. Clinton, but it is less clear what would happen with Mr. Bloomberg. Martin O’Malley drew 2 percent among respondents, and 16 percent said they were undecided in who they’ll choose in the April 26 primary. Although Mr. Trump has made some peace with the GOP establishment fearful of a Ted Cruz candidacy, at the very best he is an even money shot; for what it’s worth, the lads at the Paddy Powers Irish betting site, not known for their charitable impulses, will now pay bettors 6/5 odds on wagers on Mr. Trump being nominated, not a complete vote of confidence.
According to a Suffolk University survey released this week, Trump holds more than a quarter of the vote in New Hampshire – more than double that of U.S. Sen.
But 47 percent of self-described Democrat voters picked Clinton as the candidate they’d most like to see win.
Regarding the state’s concealed carry law passed in 2012, 63 percent said they now support the law.
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Only 30 percent say Trump, who identifies as a Presbyterian, is religious enough (25 percent) or “very” religious (five percent). The margin of error in the poll is +/- 4.0 percentage points. The latest numbers show Clinton with 45 percent of the vote with Sanders close behind with 43 percent. Clinton was ahead of Trump by nine points, and Rubio and Cruz by one.
