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Related: About this forum"Bernie Sanders better-liked, runs better against Republicans than Hillary Clinton: poll" Quinnipiac
link; summary; excerpt:Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont is better-liked among overall voters and runs ahead of 2016 Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in match-ups with top 2016 GOP candidates... Mr. Sanders led Ohio Gov. John Kasich by 4 points, businessman Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida by 6 points each and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush by 10 points each... Mrs. Clinton, the former secretary of state, trailed Mr. Kasich by 8 points, trailed Mr. Rubio by 7 points, trailed Mr. Cruz by 3 points, trailed Mr. Bush by 1 point, and led Mr. Trump by 1 point.
Fifty-one percent of U.S. voters said they have a favorable view of Mr. Sanders, compared to 36 percent who reported an unfavorable one. Mrs. Clinton had a negative 37 percent/58 percent favorable/unfavorable split.... "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, said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
Mr. Sanders had the best favorability rating of any candidate in the survey, Democrat or Republican. Among Democrats only, he had an 82 percent/7 percent favorable/unfavorable split, compared to Mrs. Clintons 76 percent/20 percent split.
Nearly seven in 10 voters said Mr. Sanders is honest and trustworthy also better than any candidate while about the same percentage said Mrs. Clinton is not honest and trustworthy. He also narrowly edged Mrs. Clinton on having strong leadership qualities
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"Bernie Sanders better-liked, runs better against Republicans than Hillary Clinton: poll" Quinnipiac (Original Post)
Attorney in Texas
Feb 2016
OP
Those are fantastic numbers. Wasn't Q the poll that. Predicted Bernie's NH vote first?
hedda_foil
Feb 2016
#2
Quinnipiac didn't poll much in NH, but was one of the few within the margin-of-error in Iowa and it
Attorney in Texas
Feb 2016
#4
Vote2016
(1,198 posts)1. kick & rec #5
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)2. Those are fantastic numbers. Wasn't Q the poll that. Predicted Bernie's NH vote first?
He also narrowly edged Mrs. Clinton on having strong leadership qualities
Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)4. Quinnipiac didn't poll much in NH, but was one of the few within the margin-of-error in Iowa and it
uses the costliest and most accurate methodology (live landline and cell phone polling).
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)6. Thanks Texas.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)3. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, Attorney in Texas.
me b zola
(19,053 posts)5. Electability
Yup, the Democratic party should get on board with Bernie!
Logical
(22,457 posts)7. Kick!