In one match-up, Bloomberg receives 29 percent of the vote, compared to Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump’s 37 percent support and Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton’s 33 percent support.
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The latest Marquette University Law School Poll offers a look at how Wisconsin voters are leaning in the presidential race. The 51 percent who feel “very” anxious about Trump is significantly higher than Clinton (35 percent), Cruz (26), Sanders (24) or Rubio (18).
Poll director Charles Franklin said Trump was the solid leader among Republicans, with 49 percent believing he will get the nomination. He expects the lower candidates to start dropping out over the next couple of weeks. The race has tightened since November’s poll where Clinton leads Sanders by nine points.
In a head to head matchup, Trump holds a 47 – 43 percent lead over Clinton with 10 percent undecided. According to the poll, Trump’s support has increased by eight percentage points in Iowa since previous polling, while Cruz’s has decreased by three.
The poll found 28 percent of Tennessee Republicans said they are undecided.
The same poll also found 85 percent of registered voters favor requiring background checks for guns purchased at shows or through private sales, with just 12 percent opposing the requirement. Nor is it obvious that Ms. Clinton’s departure from the race would make Mr. Sanders the likely Democratic nominee. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) among self-identified independent voters.
In all matchups, Bloomberg himself would land just 10 percent or less of the vote in November. In 2007, more than 60 percent of Americans said they would be less likely to support an atheist for president.
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This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by landline and cellular telephone January 21-24, 2016, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 1,001 adults. 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.
