Clinton, Carson tied in head-to-head race

The GOP debate last week gave the Rubio campaign new life in New Hampshire.

“It’s not his thing”. Speaking to George Stephanopoulos’s Good Morning America Wednesday morning, Rubio laughed when a video of Trump attacking him came on. Trump is viewed favorably by 37% and unfavorably by 56%, while Clinton’s ratings of 42% and 52% are also underwater. “I’m not a fan”.

He also criticized Bush, saying he should “absolutely” drop out of the 2016 race. “He doesn’t have a chance”, Trump said today.

The well-funded Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush are most likely to become the nominees of the Democratic and Republican Parties respectively because in American politics money trumps all, even Donald Trump, the leading GOP candidate, an American journalist and political commentator says. Ted Cruz (R-TX) beats her 46 percent to 43 percent. No other Republican candidate topped 3 percent.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton maintains a sizable lead over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders was the next closest result at only five percent. According to the University survey, 25% of Republican voters said they “would definitely not support Trump”.

“Is there a doctor in the house?”

And Clinton holds a three-point advantage over Sen. Ted Cruz moved up to 13 percent.

What gives Carson the extra boost among the Republican bets is his higher favourability among independent voters, NBC News reported.

Clinton was ahead of Trump, 46 to 43 percent, but trailed Rubio 46 to 41 percent and Cruz 46 to 43 percent.

Carson led the field with 27 percent when respondents were asked which candidate would be best on social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Carson placed second with 18 percent. A significant reason is that Carson appears to be taking away a significant number of black voters from Clinton. That puts the two candidates in a statistical dead heat.

From October 29 – November 2, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,144 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points. For reasons that are not clear, Internet polls tend to show Donald Trump in a better position than live interviewer polls. That still leaves Carson within the 4 percentage point margin of error in the poll.