Quinnipiac: Voters Give Hillary a ‘Chilly’ Reception in Colorado

Hillary Clinton lags behind leading Republican candidates in two swing states, according to two polls released on Wednesday. Carson “has the lowest grades for having strong leadership qualities, a divided 45 – 44 percent”, despite his lead in the poll. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson would win a potential one-on-one battle with Clinton in Colorado 52 percent to 38 percent, and Texas Sen. Also trailing Carson in the Republican race are Sen. Rand Paul at 3% and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 2%. Eleven percent of those surveyed were undecided. Ted Cruz leads her by 13 points, and Donald Trump has an 11-point advantage on Clinton.

Head-to-head, state registered Republicans have Carson at the top with 25 percent, Rubio is the runner up with 19 percent, and Trump rounds out the top three two points behind Rubio. “As winter moves into the Rockies, Coloradans say the Democratic front-runner would get bruised and beaten by all the top GOP opponents, and absolutely crushed by Sen”.

Trump remains a polarizing candidate as one-third of Republican voters said they would definitely not support him.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks in Lakewood on October 29.

Rubio actually stands the best chance against Clinton in a general election, with the poll indicating that he would defeat Clinton 52 to 36 percent.

From November 11 – 15, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,262 Colorado voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points and the survey includes 474 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percentage points and 404 Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percentage points. The poll had a 4.5-percentage point margin of error among Republicans surveyed and a 4.9-percentage point margin of error among Democratic respondents.