Polls from 4 years ago this week

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https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2221

In a general election matchup, Clinton gets 45 percent of American voters to 43 percent for Rubio. She leads other top Republicans:
45 - 40 percent over Christie;
46 - 42 percent over Paul;
47 - 42 percent over former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee;
46 - 39 percent over Bush;
46 - 41 percent over Walker;
48 - 41 percent over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
American voters say 54 - 38 percent that Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, a lower score than top Republicans. Voters say 62 - 34 percent that she has strong leadership qualities, besting Republican men by margins of 10 percentage points or higher.

Voters are divided 47 - 47 percent on whether she cares about their needs and problems. Paul cares, voters say 43 - 35 percent, the best score on this point among Republicans.

Voters approve 50 - 45 percent of the job Clinton did as Secretary of State. They support 53 - 43 percent a Congressional investigation into her e-mail use, but say 51 - 44 percent that such an investigation would be politically motivated rather than justified.

American voters give Clinton a split 46 - 47 percent favorability rating. Rubio's favorability score is 35 - 25 percent. Other Republicans get negative or divided scores:
29 - 42 percent for Christie;
33 - 33 percent for Paul;
33 - 33 percent of Huckabee;
30 - 43 percent for Bush;
24 - 21 percent for Walker, with 54 percent who don't know enough about him to form an opinion;
25 - 30 percent for Cruz.

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I post this for us to look at as comparison and to see what it might say about this time. Biden's numbers now, are better than Hillary's then in terms of favorability. I frankly thought her numbers were better back then than they were. But, that said, polling back then isn't necessarily predictive. Trump isn't even on this poll for example. Honestly not sure what it tells us but figured what the heck.

[MaryMagdaline]

1. Biden is not under FBI investigation. That hurt Hillary in primary and general

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2. I didn't realize how soon it had.

[W_HAMILTON]

4. Who knows what the Republicans have up their sleeves...

[NYMinute]

3. Repukes had revved up Bengazi into a fury

with several committees investigating.

There were nearly daily rants by John McCain, Kelly Ayotte and Lindsey Graham.

Those drumbeats brought Hillary Clinton down. Our own candidate took advantage of that to hit her while she was down.