Iowa Voters Prefer Chris Christie to Hillary Clinton in 2016 matchup (45-40%)

[big_dog]

Source: New Jersey.com December 17, 2013 at 7:00 AM

Gov. Chris Christie leads Hillary Clinton by 5 percentage points among Iowa voters surveyed about the presidential race, according to a poll released today. The governor would win 45 percent to 40 percent in a hypothetical contest with the former secretary of state, a Quinnipiac University poll shows.

Christie’s showing is an improvement over where he stood with Hawkeye State voters over the summer. At that time, Christie and Clinton were neck and neck.

As the first-in-the-nation caucus state, Iowa plays an outsized role in the nominating contests. Some have wondered how Christie’s brand of conservatism would play in a state like Iowa where he is likely to face challenges from the far right.

“New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie pulls ahead of Secretary Hillary Clinton among Iowa voters,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the poll. “The change from the last time Quinnipiac University polled Iowa, July 22 when they were tied 41 – 41 percent, reflects a general improvement for Republicans.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/12/poll_iowa_voters_prefer_chris_christie_to_hillary_clinton_in_2016_matchup.html

[Dopers_Greed]

1. How's the "don't run against Christie" strategy working for ya now, Dems?

[big_dog]

2. judging from the new polling yesterday it may be Paul Ryan

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who would be much easier to beat by painting him as a right wing extremist

[yellowcanine]

39. Christie has to get the Republican nomination first.

His chances were not that great before and after traffic-gate even less so.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-chris-christies-nightmare-traffic-jam/2013/12/16/6c67e234-6679-11e3-a0b9-249bbb34602c_story.html

[meegbear]

3. So people from New Jersey are more likely to vote for a candidate from their state??1?

[groundloop]

4. NO, the poll was of Iowa voters

And Iowa, by the way, went for Obama in the last election.

[Beacool]

34. No.

The exit polls showed that, although Christie won by a landslide, Hillary would win the state in 2016.

[loudsue]

5. Hillary can't win. The republican media is really pushing hard for Hillary to "already have the

nomination". Like it's a done-deal. No. She'll be crucified. Even though she would be 100% better than whatever the republicans can offer, it won't matter.

I don't want her.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. As I've been stating many times, the Corporate Media is setting us up. They are pushing hard for

Hillary. Then, the closer we come to the election, the media will turn on the Clintons.

The same happened to Obama. They apparently loved him during the primaries (though very minimally), until they could put the two Democrats against each other. Then when it was clear that Obama was going to win, they turn on him and embraced McCain.

The Corporate Media is very craftly when it comes to how it embraces its preferable candidate.

[loudsue]

29. The media is the biggest problem we have in this country right now, I think.

They keep putting out all this lying propaganda to turn everyone toward the republicans. They could be educating people on what the ramifications are for continuing down this road, and they are trying to HIDE those facts.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

26. Agreed. A corporatist like Hillary is not the answer. Surely we can do better.

[Beacool]

35. Nonsense.

YOU, may not want her, but the vast majority of Democratic voters do.

[Wilms]

6. Well, he's a real republican.

Hillary is a fake Democrat.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

27. Sad but true. Hillary doesn't even try to hide it.

[RBInMaine]

30. My goodness. What UltraTeaLeftist nonsense. Outside the realm of reality.

[Wilms]

33. UltraTeaLeftist nonsense is the idea that she's a liberal.

She' Pro-Choice. What else?

She's a corporate shill...an assertion well within the realm of reality.

[Beacool]

36. Yes, outside of the LW sites, this is laughable.

In their reality Hillary is unpopular within the party.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Good news for Hillary since Iowa is always on the wrong side.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

10. So you didn't vote for Gore or Obama (twice)?

Because Iowa has went Democratic in the last 3 out of 4 Presidential elections.

[Ash_F]

9. We need a candidate that is on the same page as Americans on most issues

Or as many issues as possible. The personality contest is great and everything but it is not helping this country.

For the past several election cycles we have had both candidates be to the right of most Americans on most issues. That doesn't make any sense.

[bluestateguy]

11. And Obama is doomed because the Des Moines Register endorsed Romney

Why are pollsters doing this?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

12. Slowest news period of the year.

A lot of bullshit stories come out around the holidays.

[madaboutharry]

13. They don't know him yet.

What until he shows up in Iowa and starts insulting people.

[brooklynite]

14. I'll worry about these numbers when I hear what President Giuliani has to say...

[Dawson Leery]

15. +1

[Agschmid]

17. Hey gurl!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

18. Hey gurl!

[Agschmid]

20. Glad you appreciated that.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. .

[davidwparker]

22. Iowa is a red state. Of course, they prefer Christie.

They also preferred Kerry to Dean; consequently, we had a second Bush term.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

23. You're wrong.

Since Reagan Iowa has only went Republican in a Presidential election ONCE.

We have crazies here, but we also catapulted Obama to the front and routinely elect one of the most liberal members of the senate, Harkin. We're not Massachusetts, but we're not Oklahoma or Kansas either.


You're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.



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[fujiyama]

24. Iowa has voted for a republican once since 2000

Bush in '04 and that too by a very slim margin.

It's a purple state leaning blue. Obama won it comfortably two times.

[fujiyama]

25. Let's freak out now

because one poll from a very small state (a state which is almost always close and has gone red only once since '00), almost three years before the election, is showing one of two undeclared candidates ahead!

[LuvLoogie]

28. I'll bet on Clinton-Obama operatives in Iowa...

...over Christie-Romney operatives in Iowa

[RBInMaine]

31. Polls mean absolutely positively NOTHING right now. NOTHING.

[wordpix]

32. Iowans don't have to worry about payback via GW Bridge lanes closed

lest we ever forget

[Beacool]

37. Too soon to matter.

Christie is on a high due to his landslide reelection win. I'm still pissed that 60 Democratic officials (including several mayors) endorsed the bastard. On an aside, that's what brought on "Bridgegate". The Democratic mayor of Fort Lee refused to endorse him. Two of Christie's hacks who he placed in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (they operate the G. Washington bridge) decided without any warning to anyone, including the public, that they would close several access lanes to the bridge on the NJ side. The closure lasted 4 days and caused miles of backed-up traffic. The two hacks have since resigned.

In a nutshell that's Christie for you, a character out of the Sopranos. A bully, rude, nasty, bloviating sack of crap. He's also my governor (lucky me).

All Democrats, starting with Obama, are being brought down by the ACA. Hillary's polls went down the minute that the problems with the website became rampant. Hopefully, the website and people's perception of the ACA, will improve by 2015.

In the meantime, there's no need to worry about a poll taken 3 years before an election.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

38. Interesting that three people haven't been back to correct themselves.

I guess they had their fun swooping in and lying about Iowa politics and swooping out. Maybe its just a broad hatred of everything in fly-over country? Lord knows we see enough of that on this board.