Bernie Sanders would beat Donald Trump

US billionaire Donald Trump is lagging behind the leading Democratic presidential candidates, while topping the list of Republican hopefuls, according a Quinnipiac University National poll released on Thursday.

In the Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton maintains her wide advantage over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 55 percent to 17 percent, statistically unchanged from two months ago, when Clinton led Sanders, 57 percent to 15 percent. Trump, at the moment, is confounding political wisdom by leaving more establishment-style candidate such as Bush, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio in the dust.

While the Republican party is watching Donald Trump jump further ahead in the polls, CNN has shown that his popularity wouldn’t carry over to the actual presidential election. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, U.S. Sen.

– Biden tops Trump 49 – 37 percent.

Almost 6-in-10 say Trump is not honest and trustworthy (58%) and slightly more (63%) say he does not care about the needs and problems of people like you.

The poll shows Trump with his greatest support yet nationally, as almost a quarter of Republicans surveyed said he would be their choice as the party’s presidential nominee in 2016. I would advise everyone to tune in on August 6th for the first republican debate that is assured to be entertaining for everyone.

Pollsters and those that follow them closely have questioned the use of national polls to determine who should be in debates. Bush received the lowest percentage of the popular vote of any sitting president in 80 years. Christie trails Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, neurosurgeon Ben Carson, U.S. Sen. He won an impressive 19 percent of the popular vote, though no states, as Democrat Bill Clinton defeated the incumbent President George H.W. Bush.

Some other candidates have complained about the “tone” Trump brings to the campaign, but voters seem less concerned about tone and more impressed by attitude.

The Quinnipiac University survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points for results among 710 Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters. Clinton would beat Trump 48-36 percent, but against Bush she would lose 41-42 percent.