Poll: Trump beats Clinton head-to-head

[Red Oak]

Poll: Trump beats Clinton head-to-head

A new poll finds Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton losing to four top Republican presidential contenders, including Donald Trump, in hypothetical general election matchups.

Clinton trails Republican primary front-runner Trump by a 45-43 margin head-to-head, according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll released Wednesday.

Clinton also loses to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), 45-44, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), 48-42 and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, 49-38.

Her Democratic primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), fares slightly better against the GOP competition, besting Cruz by a 44-42 margin.

But Sanders still loses to Trump by 1 point, 44-43, Kasich by 3, 44-41, and Rubio by 4, 46-42, head-to-head.

Many of the results are within the poll’s 3-point margin of error.

“Bernie Sanders is closing the Democratic primary gap and is stronger than Hillary Clinton in the general election,” David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, said in a statement.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/269702-hillary-trails-trump-head-to-head-poll
Bradford Richardson, The Hill

[vadermike]

1. If

These results hold it doesn't matter who we nominate we are screwed for this year and probably the next 10 at least RIP USA

[Bucky]

2. This is so fucked. Kasich is the real nightmare candidate for us

Why oh why did the party establishment let Clinton go unchallenged by a mainstream candidate? She's so weak as a campaigner! Big money just scared everyone out of the nomination race. Bernie's fun to watch, but I just can't see him pulling in many independent moderate votes. He'll be great for turn-out of new voters, tho... something Secretary Clinton probably can't deliver so much on.

[vadermike]

3. Ugh

So are we screwed no matter what now ??ugh

[gyroscope]

4. Kasich is a two-bit drooling baffoon

Sanders would destroy him in any debate as Colbert does here.

[mvd]

5. Pretty depressing, but it's very early

How accurate is this poll usually? We shouldn't be losing to nuts like Trump and Cruz even now.