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Carson surges to fore in U.S. Republican race: polls
Posted On Nov 16 2015
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A new national poll conducted by Quinnipiac University shows four top contenders in the race to be the Republican nominee for President in 2016, with all but one of them having enough chops to take on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Clinton isn’t the strongest Democratic candidate against the two Republicans – Trump and Rubio – who were tested in the poll.
In a general election matchup, Carson would beat Hillary Clinton handily, 50-40 percent, the poll says. Clinton has come up short on the head-to-head matchups against Rubio (41 percent to 46 percent), Cruz (43 percent to 46 percent) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (43 percent to 46 percent).
Trump leads among every single demographic group except for black Republicans, who support Carson. Rubio is in third place with 11 percent. Everybody else in the GOP field got 4 percent or less, which is close to or within the margin of error.
Trump has always been the frontrunner of the GOP candidates but even polls showing him as still being ahead have Carson narrowly behind by a mere one percent, according to a CNN poll.
The poll is another show of strength for Carson, who has emerged as an unlikely frontrunner for the GOP nomination despite modest debate performances and a series of controversial statements.
On the Democratic side, 55 percent of likely Democratic caucus goers in Iowa said they would support Hillary Clinton and 37 percent said they would back Sen. 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.
Getting 42 percent to Christie’s 45 percent. It included more than 500 Republicans, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points and 480 Democrats with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is the only other candidate garnering double digit support with 10%, up one point from September.
As if Trump haven’t pissed off enough people already, there he goes again.
