Hillary Clinton merely ties—or
in some cases, trails—leading Republicans
A day after a poll showed
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton to be in a dead heat nationwide, survey
responses revealed that U.S. voters back Sanders over Republican candidates by
margins of 4 to 10 percentage points in head-to-head presidential
contests.
On the other hand, the found
that Clinton merely ties—or in some cases, trails—leading Republicans in the
November 2016 election.
When matched against GOP frontrunner
Donald Trump, Sanders comes out on top, 48 to 42 percent. Clinton's margin
against Trump is a much slimmer 44-43 percent.
"It's certainly Sen.
Bernie Sanders' moment," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the
Quinnipiac University Poll. "The Vermont firebrand leads all potential GOP
rivals in raw numbers and raw emotion with the best scores for favorability and
several key character traits."
For example, when asked
whether Sanders "cares about the needs and problems of people like you or
not," 61 percent of respondents said Yes. When asked the same question
about Clinton, only 42 percent of respondents gave an affirmative answer.
Meanwhile, based on the survey
questions, "the candidate running best against Sanders is Ohio Gov. John
Kasich," Molloy pointed out, "and he's in fourth place with 6 percent
in the Republican presidential pack, unlikely to make it to the main
event."
A different poll on Wednesday
showed Sanders and Clinton to be neck-and-neck in Nevada, which holds
its Democratic caucus on Saturday, while Clinton's lead in South Carolina
also appears to be shrinking.
"I don't get it. I don't
think anyone expected this race to look like this," one former Clinton
aide who maintains ties with the campaign told
The Hill. "A big loss in New Hampshire, basically a tie going into Nevada.
You have to ask yourself, 'What’s next?'"
The Hill reported: "Team
Clinton maintains confidence that its lead in South Carolina will hold, but the
potential loss in Nevada has put people on edge about a possible 'domino
effect' in which states could fall one by one to Sanders as the Vermont
Independent gains momentum."
In Nevada, wrote Hill reporter
Amie Parnes, "[e]ven a near win for Sanders...would be perceived as a
moral victory for the Vermont senator. And even a small Clinton victory
would satisfy Sanders donors, who will keep fueling the campaign."
The Quinnipiac poll, first publicized
Wednesday, surveyed 1,342 registered voters nationwide, between February 10-15,
with live interviewers calling land lines and cell phones. The margin of error
was +/- 2.7 percentage points.
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