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38. Other news in the poll shows Clinton still strong actually going up a few points.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:59 PM
Jul 2015

Clinton is in pretty good shape when it comes to potential general election match ups as well. She leads all of the potential Republican candidates by anywhere from 3 to 13 points, comparable to a month ago when her advantages over them ranged from 3 to 7
points. The Republican who comes closest to Clinton is Rand Paul, who trails by 3 at 45/42. Also coming close are Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker all of whom trail by an identical 5 point margin at 46/41.

By far the worst performing Republican against Clinton is Donald Trump, who trails 50/37. The general electorate takes even greater issue with his comments about John McCain than the GOP one, with just 16% of the overall population agreeing with his comments while 60% say they disagree. Trump could definitely make a splash in the general running as an independent at this point though. He gets 23%, taking almost exclusively from Jeb Bush, and leaving Clinton with a 43/25 advantage. Independent voters are a three way tie in that scenario with Clinton and Trump each getting 29% and Bush at 28%. And it's a measure of Bush's difficulties on the right that with 'very conservative' voters Trump actually gets 44% to 41% for Bush and 6% for Clinton.

Rounding out the match ups with Clinton she leads Mike Huckabee (46/40) by 6, Ben Carson (47/39), Chris Christie (46/38), and
Ted Cruz (48/40) all by 8, and Carly Fiorina (47/37) by 10.

We also tested Bernie Sanders against the key Republicans and he trails all of them except Trump. His deficits are 7 points against Jeb Bush (44/37), 5 points against Marco Rubio (41/36), and 1 point against Scott Walker (40/39). Against Trump, Sanders leads 47/37. On average Sanders does 8 points worse than Clinton against the Republicans in these head to head match ups.

It isn't looking good artislife Jul 2015 #1
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #5
I am not disagreeing about the state of things artislife Jul 2015 #8
Thise are like Hillary vs a Republican numbers. DCBob Jul 2015 #2
long way to go to February ibegurpard Jul 2015 #3
This is what gives me hope! nt artislife Jul 2015 #9
Maybe it's because Clinton has a history. ananda Jul 2015 #16
life seemed better. spqr78 Jul 2015 #69
The economy really was good under Bill Clinton. ananda Jul 2015 #75
life was better then, spqr78 Jul 2015 #79
Who in hell is voting for Jim "Confederacy/Heritage" Webb? MADem Jul 2015 #4
maybe military people dsc Jul 2015 #6
Maybe they thought the pollster meant songwriter Jimmy Webb!!! MADem Jul 2015 #22
Yeah ... I saw that and wondered, too. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #7
If they weren't thinking of the songwriter, maybe they were thinking of the NASA guy!! MADem Jul 2015 #30
Or, perhaps they were thinking about ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #44
Won't let me seeeeeee....! MADem Jul 2015 #47
That made me laugh....nt artislife Jul 2015 #10
military types and those in industries which want less environmental JI7 Jul 2015 #52
Or people messing with the pollster....? MADem Jul 2015 #59
Obviously Bernie sucks whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #11
Having the best record on issues of race should help to improve those numbers. Vattel Jul 2015 #12
Wait until they find out he marched with MLK once! zappaman Jul 2015 #14
Yeah, you're right zappaman whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #18
Never said that and in fact, I disagree. zappaman Jul 2015 #23
Uh huh... n/t whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #26
Yup...n/t zappaman Jul 2015 #27
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #19
Why is this so much fun? whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #21
You lack self-awareneself-awareness ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #28
Interesting coming from you whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #29
No ... My position has not changed regarding who I support in the Democratic primary ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #35
Let's see if I have this straight... whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #37
Weird reply. Vattel Jul 2015 #20
"a lot of AAs care a lot about issues of race "? WRONG! Stellar Jul 2015 #76
Yeah, once THAT story gets out ... NanceGreggs Jul 2015 #41
+1 Stellar Jul 2015 #70
I think this is the bottome artislife Jul 2015 #15
So you are just going to stick with ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #17
Seems to be the play book. zappaman Jul 2015 #24
... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #31
So, I guess you're no longer "undecided" then whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #33
How many times do I have to answer the same question ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #45
Yeah, we're all the same whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #46
I see what you did there! But no, though many of you . 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #56
Why don't you give the inciting a rest whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #57
Okay. How about we call a truce ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #61
No deal whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #63
Okay ... I will unilaterally stand down. You have gotten more than your share of my attention. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #64
Isn't that the truth. nt Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #50
Is it? whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #62
Some know him well, some know a little about him, and some hardly know him at all. Vattel Jul 2015 #25
Sanders is catching up! zappaman Jul 2015 #13
I expect to see a small change in.... NCTraveler Jul 2015 #32
+1 nt nc4bo Jul 2015 #34
Can someone try to explain this to me? Senator Tankerbell Jul 2015 #36
Fairly or not, Hillary is seen as being sympathetic to the needs of the African American community. DCBob Jul 2015 #39
Right. I kind of understand Senator Tankerbell Jul 2015 #40
I think its mostly due to being associated with the "First Black President". DCBob Jul 2015 #43
Tunnel vision perhaps. She's seen as the ONLY viable candidate for Democrats. oasis Jul 2015 #65
She pushed "three strikes" laws and supports the prison-industrial complex. Maedhros Jul 2015 #42
Occam's razor: people think she can win and doubt Bernie can Recursion Jul 2015 #74
It has more to do with being able to connect JI7 Jul 2015 #54
Maybe because... iandhr Jul 2015 #67
What does that have to do with my question? Senator Tankerbell Jul 2015 #68
There are probably many reasons but this is my guess as to one of them. iandhr Jul 2015 #78
That doesn't really explain support for Clinton Senator Tankerbell Jul 2015 #80
She has more experience with this level of campaign. gollygee Jul 2015 #72
Voters don't really vote on policy, most of the time Recursion Jul 2015 #73
Other news in the poll shows Clinton still strong actually going up a few points. Historic NY Jul 2015 #38
Looks like Hillary vs. Jeb jalan48 Jul 2015 #48
Hillary's VP will be next POTUS following her 8 years. DCBob Jul 2015 #49
Does this poll general election voters or primary/caucus voters? betterdemsonly Jul 2015 #51
Did you come up with all of that by yourself? Stellar Jul 2015 #77
I just vote how everyone else votes. Wait ... no I don't. GO BERNIE! GoneFishin Jul 2015 #53
HOW DID WEBB GET 3 PERCENT?!?!? bravenak Jul 2015 #55
There are many blacks in the military. n/t betterdemsonly Jul 2015 #58
They were just sleepy and hit the wrong button marym625 Jul 2015 #60
Damn. Cannot believe he got 3 percent. I'm mad at that. bravenak Jul 2015 #66
Things do change though...consider Senator Obama in 2007... Stellar Jul 2015 #71
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