PPP Poll: 4 GOP Presidential Frontrunners in Virtual Tie

[Dos Equis]

Christie's stock is probably on the rise. 

lol @ Biden being the Democrat nominee.  I sure hope not.   

PPP Poll: 4 GOP Presidential Frontrunners in Virtual Tie
Tuesday, 05 Nov 2013
By Cathy Burke

There's a virtual four-way tie at the top of the 2016 GOP presidential possibilities in the newest primary poll released Tuesday.

The Public Policy Polling survey showed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul each with 16 percent, followed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Florida governor Jeb Bush with 14 percent apiece.

"The biggest change compared to a month ago is a 5 point decline in Cruz's support from its peak in the immediate aftermath of his long speech on the Senate floor," the polling analysis stated, adding Bush saw a three-point increase in his support and Christie had a two-point bump.

Paul was within a point of where he was in the last survey the analysis showed.

The ideological splits in support are "massive," however, the analysis showed.

Among voters identifying as "very conservative," Christie had 3 percent and Cruz led with 26 percent, followed by Paul at 18 percent and Bush with 15 percent.

Among moderates, Christie pulled in 18 percent while Cruz got only 5 percent; Bush polled with 18 percent and 10 Paul had 10 percent.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was dominant, the poll showed, with 67 percent of of primary voters behind her for a run in 2016. The poll showed 12 percent supported Vice President Joe Biden.

Clinton dominates in the matchup against Republicans by at least 5 points, polling showed. Christie comes closest at 44 percent to 39 percent, followed by Bush at 48-39 and Paul at 49-37.Clinton leads Ted Cruz 50-33.

In a Biden run against the GOP, he trails Christie 45-38 and Bush by 43-42. Biden leads Paul 45-38 and Cruz 46-36, the poll showed.

The poll's overall margin of error is 3.8 percentage points.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/GOP-ppp-poll-tie/2013/11/05/id/534996#ixzz2jpBdEP9D

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I REALLLLY HOPE it's Rand or Cruz or Jeb.  Not Christie.  He's a RINO, he's bad on the eyes, and he treats women terribly and loudly.

The other 3, they can defeat Hilary. 

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Poll: Hillary Clinton 44, Chris Christie 34
By KATIE GLUECK | 11/12/13

Hillary Clinton bests Chris Christie by 10 points in a hypothetical presidential match-up, a new poll shows.

According to a poll released Tuesday by NBC News, the former secretary of state leads the New Jersey GOP governor 44-34 percent.

Both Christie and Clinton are considered top possible 2016 contenders, and the survey followed Christie’s decisive reelection win in the Garden State last week.

The poll also showed that Clinton enjoys more unified Democratic enthusiasm for her potential presidential bid than Christie does from his party.

Thirty-two percent of GOP and GOP-leaning respondents called Christie their top choice for the Republican presidential nod; 31 percent named someone else.

In contrast, Clinton was the first choice of 66 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents for the Democratic nomination; 14 percent said they’d opt for another candidate.

The poll, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, surveyed 1,003 adults Nov. 7-10 and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.6 percentage points.

The sample included 428 Democrats and people who lean Democratic, with a margin of error of plus-or-minus 5.5 percentage points; and 394 Republicans and those who lean Republican, with a margin of error of plus-or-minus 5.8 percentage points.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/hillary-clinton-chris-christie poll 2016-99687.html#ixzz2kS6NHT37

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Quinnipiac Poll: Christie, Hillary in Dead Heat
Wednesday, 13 Nov 2013
By Sandy Fitzgerald

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are virtually tied when it comes to a potential presidential matchup in 2016, according to the latest Quinnipiac University Poll.

Of 2,545 registered voters surveyed Nov. 6-11, 43 percent said they plan to back the governor, while 42 percent said they favor Clinton.

"It's a long way off, and no one is officially a candidate yet, but the Hillary Clinton-Chris Christie race to the White House is neck-and-neck before the campaign even saddles up," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Clinton would be Christie's major opposition, the poll indicates, because she leads other possible Republican candidates by at least 9 points. Her margin of support over Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is 49 percent to 40 percent, while she draws 51 percent against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's 36 percent, and 49 percent to Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan's 40 percent.

Gender also comes into play between Christie and Clinton supporters. Women picked Clinton by a 48 percent to 39 percent margin, while men picked Christie by 47 percent to 35 percent.

Among party-affiliated respondents, Democrats picked Clinton by 85 percent to 6 percent, while Republicans chose Christie by nearly the same spread: 85 percent to 5 percent. But independent voters leaned toward Christie by a margin of 48 percent to 32 percent.

Among Hispanics, Clinton polled ahead of Christie 46 percent to 38 percent. She also beat the governor among black respondents 77 percent to 12 percent, but white voters leaned toward Christie by a 50 percent to 35 percent margin.

Asked whether each of the potential candidates would turn out to be a "good" president, 54 percent said Clinton would and 49 percent said Christie would.

As for other potential candidates, most survey respondents said they did not think Paul, Cruz, or Ryan would be very good at being the nation's chief executive. They also said the same thing about Vice President Joe Biden, who also is reportedly considering a run for the top job.

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/chris-christie-hillary-clinton-dead-heat/2013/11/13/id/536457#ixzz2kdixxm4U

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I REALLLLY HOPE it's Rand or Cruz or Jeb.  Not Christie.  He's a RINO, he's bad on the eyes, and he treats women terribly and loudly.

The other 3, they can defeat Hilary. 

You should stop sucking up to the far-right nutbags here.

I know you are desperate to make friends but you are selling out.

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You should stop sucking up to the far-right nutbags here.

I know you are desperate to make friends but you are selling out.

I'm just talking pure politics...

moderate repub cannot win.  We see it over and over.  Mccain and Romney both tried to please all, and the base stayed home.

Christie is going to be romney all over again.  "I tell you guys, I'm totally conservative, you just gotta give me a chance".  The base didn't buy into it the last two times. 

[JOHN MATRIX]

I'm just talking pure politics...

moderate repub cannot win.  We see it over and over.  Mccain and Romney both tried to please all, and the base stayed home.

Christie is going to be romney all over again.  "I tell you guys, I'm totally conservative, you just gotta give me a chance".  The base didn't buy into it the last two times. 

Exactly...

[AndreaRyc]

Glad to see the rightwing brain trust in full force in this thread.

The conservative base is shrinking with each passing day.  There are only so many Uncle Tom Sowells and Cruzs out there to act as house slaves to play to the 'base.' 

Great strategy guys, forget the vast cross-section of moderate america and go right for Nazi.

Well done!  Here, here.

[whork]

I'm just talking pure politics...

moderate repub cannot win.  We see it over and over.  Mccain and Romney both tried to please all, and the base stayed home.

Christie is going to be romney all over again.  "I tell you guys, I'm totally conservative, you just gotta give me a chance".  The base didn't buy into it the last two times. 

The base thinks Obama is a muslim commie remember?
And they cant get of their ass

[whork]

Glad to see the rightwing brain trust in full force in this thread.

The conservative base is shrinking with each passing day.  There are only so many Uncle Tom Sowells and Cruzs out there to act as house slaves to play to the 'base.' 

Great strategy guys, forget the vast cross-section of moderate america and go right for Nazi.

Well done!  Here, here.

They are killing themselves, by themselves.

The Dem has it to easy. You almost feel sorry for them

[240 is Back]

The funniest part about polls like these is this...

It's like strawberry getting 25% of the vote, and three different flavors of vanilla each getting 25% of the vote.

It's obvious that 3/4 of the people dislike strawberry (moderate).  It's obvious that 3/4 of the people love vanilla (conservative).   Yet, in the primaries, if strawberry can get 26% of the vote, and vanillas get 25, 25, 24%, then BOOM, people are told they have to to choose strawberry now.

And that's why 1/5 of them just don't bother going to the ice cream store the first Tuesday of November...

[whork]

Hmm when you put it like that..

Maybe you have a point.