In the perennial battleground state of Missouri, ALL of the Republicans are beating Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical general election matchup.
Handily.
A poll conducted over the weekend by Public Policy Polling finds Donald Trump leading among Republicans will a commanding 23%. Jeb Bush and Ben Carson are tied for a distant second at 11% each. Other notables include 10% for Mike Huckabee, 9% for Ted Cruz, 8% for Scott Walker, 7% for Carly Fiorina, 6% for Marco Rubio, and 4% each for John Kasich and Rand Paul.
On the Democratic side, Hillary still has a comfortable lead against Bernie Sanders, 53% to 35%, and has an even stronger lead among self-described “very liberal” voters, 72% to 21%.
But that lead can give Hillary only a temporary solace.
The PPP poll finds Marco Rubio beating Clinton most handily, 51% to 36%. Here are the rest:
- Ben Carson, 52% to 38%,
- John Kasich, 49% to 36%,
- Scott Walker, 50% to 37%
- Mike Huckabee, 51% to 38%
- Jeb Bush, 47% to 40%
- Donald Trump, 48% to 39%
- Chris Christie, 46% to 37%
- Carly Fiorina, 47% to 37%
- Rand Paul, 49% to 37% and
- Ted Cruz 50% to 38%.
The polling firm notes:
What really stands out in the numbers is how broad Trump’s support is- he leads with moderates (25%), ‘somewhat conservative’ voters (23%), and ‘very conservative’ voters (20%) alike. He is a lot stronger with men (30%) but he leads with women too at 16%. He’s particularly strong with young voters (32%) but also leads with middle aged voters (21%) and seniors (17%). Every group we track he has the lead with on this poll.
The poll also finds Fiorina is “on the rise” while Paul is “really falling apart,” noting his favorability among Republicans is underwater by a 36/44 difference.
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