QU Poll: Half of United States voters embarrassed with Trump as president

Ted Cruz of Texas lead the Republican field nationwide, the Quinnipiac canvass found. Trump has 28 percent support, compared to 24 percent for Cruz in the poll. So far Rubio has been impressively unflappable and even in the heat of argument has maintained a likeability edge over Cruz. However, 28% of Republicans also said they definitely would not support the billionaire real estate developer. Respondents felt Ted Cruz had the strongest performance and Jeb Bush had the weakest, despite some memorable jabs at Trump. Marco Rubio had 12 percent of the Republican support and one-time Trump challenger Dr. Ben Carson had dropped to 10 percent.

No other GOP candidate tops 6 percent.

The liberal Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote last week that if only Bush, Rubio, Christie and Kasich would unite behind one candidate, he could probably beat Trump or Cruz. Clinton has a negative 43-51 percent favorability rating in the Quinnipiac poll.

One of the many paradoxes of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy is that it has dominated the American politics despite its inability to change the face and practice of politics.

Half of voters said they would be embarrassed to have the Republican businessman as president, while more than a third said they’d be embarrassed if the former secretary of state took over the White House, according to a Quinnipiac University National Poll released Tuesday. A well-timed controversy – maybe Trump finds some exciting new group of people to insult or Clinton goads him into calling her the c-word – right before a major primary could boost Trump’s numbers, as aggrieved voters rally around him. Recent polls have showed the party firebrand surging in Iowa as conservative Christian leaders have begun to coalesce around him. “Ted Cruz is snapping at his heels”, he added.

With many variables in play, do you think that Donald Trump polling data overestimates or underestimates how much support he actually enjoys among the electorate both in the upcoming primaries and potentially for the November general election?

He told supporters the key to his success has been building a grassroots campaign to encourage more volunteers to join his effort and get undecided voters behind him. Marco Rubio is still considered most likely to win the Republican nomination at 33 percent.

Clinton leads Sanders for the Democratic nomination by 31 points – reaching 61 percent support, her highest in nearly two months of polling.

The Quinnipiac Poll was done from December 16 to 20 and included 1,140 registered voters, which yields a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.

The survey included 508 Republicans with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points and 462 Democrats with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.