Trump Top Amongst Florida GOP, however Would Lose to Bernie Sanders in

Paired against Bush, Biden does slightly better, beating the former governor 46 percent to 42 percent. Biden beats Trump 52 – 38 percent. We are never ever getting out of this deal.

The Field Poll, released Thursday, reflects national movement in the Republican presidential primary, with three political outsiders leading establishment politicians.

Cruz has risen a point to 6 percent, while Rubio has moved from 7 percent in February to 10 percent today.

Apparently, the two candidates are here at the same time by coincidence.

In an interview with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” on Tuesday, the former president said Trump’s lure with Republican primary voters was rooted in Trump’s promise to simply remove any obstacles that stand in the way of reform. Trump is back where he was in August (though he’s seen a slight uptick recently). Then, a mass shooting happened, and Dr. Carson started opining about gun violence. At 62 percent, favorable views of Ben Carson are the highest of this group, only seven percent are unfavorable. Sanders again recorded 19 percent of the vote. As noted above the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgeon now bests both Clinton and Biden in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups. Bush and Rubio are seen as honest and trustworthy by 54 percent apiece but 32 percent say Rubio is not and 38 percent say the same of Bush.

More than half of the respondents, 56 percent, said Carson cared more about them than Trump, with 26 percent, or Fiorina, with 24 percent.

“The standings in the two previous Field Polls – it’s just totally different than what we’re seeing now”, poll director Mark DiCamillo said. One of the reasons Trump’s campaign has been so successful is because “he just tells people what they want to hear”, said Hertzberg. Bush also leads when voters are asked if the candidates have the right personality to deal with an worldwide crisis.

Unfortunately for the real estate magnate and former Secretary of State, the study also found that neither candidate is their respective party’s top-performing general presidential election candidate.

The problem for Trump?

“I love Mexico and I love the Mexican people… but their leaders are too smart for our leaders”, Trump said in regard to building a wall.

The candidates who have never held office do worse here. Clinton gets 43 percent to Trump’s 42 percent.

Chris Christie had his moment, as did Mike Huckabee, as did John Kasich as did Ben Carson. He slips behind Fiorina 44 – 40 percent and trails Rubio 45 – 39 percent.