Clinton Ties Carson in ’16 Matchup, but Tops Other GOP Candidates

His current two-point deficit is down from an eight-point deficit three months ago. “I’m not a fan”. “He doesn’t have a chance”, Trump said today. I don’t like showing a person sleeping at a podium. Rubio has dismissed the allegations that he misused a Florida state GOP credit card, saying that he set up the line of credit and paid for all of the personal charges with his own money.

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are tied for the third spot with 11 per cent of the votes. Ted Cruz of Texas was at 13 percent, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was at 4 percent, according to the Quinnipiac Poll. Other candidates took in 3 percent or less support, with 9 percent remaining undecided.

Carson, the current GOP front-runner, performed better than any other Republican in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup with Clinton. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., 55 percent to 37 percent among likely Democratic caucus-goers.

Mr. Huckabee, who had been at 7 percent in August, saw the biggest decline, a 5-point drop in support. He said the race has already left a few front-runners on life support.

Malloy continued, “Clinton gets crushed on character issues, pounded by Carson and closely challenged by Sen”.

“Clinton and Donald Trump tie in Iowa at 44%”.

Rubio and Cruz also manage to beat Clinton in the general, as does New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who is only polling at 3%.

· Getting 42 percent to Christie’s 45 percent.

But Clinton has a 3-point edge over Donald Trump in the poll, 46 percent to 43 percent. Twenty-nine percent said after the debate they had a more negative view of Bush.

Trump’s visit to Springfield occurs prior to the next Republican Presidential Debate, which will be hosted by Fox Business Network in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 10. But his 2-point lead over Mr. Carson was down from August, when he had an 8-point, 22 percent to 14 percent lead over the retired doctor.

Perhaps Carson’s honesty and trustworthiness has resulted in higher favorability ratings, with 62 percent responding that he is and just 24 percent that he is not. That included Tuesday interviews and a book-signing event at Trump Tower, during which he suggested Carson didn’t have the “temperament” to be president.

The two leading Democrats, Clinton and Sanders, had the lowest favorability ratings among all candidates, according to the poll.