There’s also the requisite bragging about huge numbers (TV ratings) and at one point Trump takes on fellow Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. Those pairings found that Hillary Clinton polled better than Trump, Bush and Fiorina, but could lose against Carson or Rubio. A large part of that is due to independent voters, among whom Carson beats Clinton by 13 percentage points. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush only had 4 percent of support.
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“If the election for president were held today, and [name here] were the Republican candidate and Hillary Clinton were the Democratic candidate, for whom would you vote?” was the question posed by pollsters.
As for Democrats in what has become a two-person race, Hilary Clinton remains the frontrunner ahead of Bernie Sanders. Ben Carson at 18 percent, and Marco Rubio at 11 percent. Ted Cruz 46 to 43 percent; and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie 46 to 41 percent.
Meanwhile, a Reuters/Ipsos nationwide poll on the Republican presidential candidates also released on Tuesday showed that Trump is the contender most trusted by GOP voters in managing the economy, dealing with foreign leaders and serving as commander in chief.
The CNN/ORC survey was conducted October 29th through November 4th and included 548 likely Republican presidential caucus-goers and 498 likely Democratic presidential caucus-goers. Marco Rubio of Florida, she leads him 47 percent to 44 percent. No other candidate gets more than 3 percent.
The best margin goes to Carson (49% to 25%), followed by Rubio (39% to 25%) and Cruz (35% to 32%).
Trump has 24% support compared to Carson’s 23% in a new Quinnipiac University survey. Carson led Sanders 45 percent to 36 percent.
However, The Washington Times noted that Trump is not anxious about their single percentage difference, as he said that Carson has “lower energy” than Bush, who he said was practically narcoleptic.
When pitted against Trump, Clinton would be able to achieve a 50 percent score versus the billionaire’s 42 percent.
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The poll surveyed 476 registered Republican voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
