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magicmama

(50 posts)
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 01:01 AM Aug 2015

Poll finds Clinton losing to four Republican candidates in Iowa

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/250836-poll-finds-clinton-losing-to-four-republicans-in-iowa

Hillary Clinton would lose the swing state of Iowa to several potential Republican opponents, according to a new poll from a Democratic-leaning company.

The Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey released Tuesday showed Clinton getting the worse of match-ups against GOP candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and retired surgeon Dr. Ben Carson.

The results are likely to be of particular concern to Democrats given that President Obama carried the Hawkeye State during both of his election victories, in 2008 and 2012. Clinton is the dominant front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination, while Republicans are locked in a dogfight.
Other polls show Clinton well ahead in Iowa of her rivals for the Democratic nomination, but the new survey is likely to add to the sense that Clinton could be vulnerable in a general election battle.

And I see that it didn't even include Bernie Sanders in the equation... They are deathly afraid on what kind of numbers Bernie would attract if the GE was done today
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JI7

(93,900 posts)
3. i might have believed this until i saw Ben Carson as being one of them
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 01:06 AM
Aug 2015

it makes this poll not very reliable.

so she would beat Jeb but not Ben Carson ?

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
4. All 11 Republican opponents are within the margin of error, meaning the poll shows the race is tied
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 01:11 AM
Aug 2015

But, for all practical purposes, this poll is HRC vs a generic Republican considering the number of opponents they gave her.

So Iowa is a swing state; nothing new.

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