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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRasmussen: Hillary Clinton 47%, Jeb Bush 33%
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that if the 2016 presidential election were held today, 47% of Likely U.S. Voters would choose Clinton, while 33% would opt for Bush. Fourteen percent (14%) prefer some other candidate, while six percent (6%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Many analysts view Bush as a GOP establishment candidate replacement for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who is still dealing with the political fallout from the brief closing of a bridge into New York City during his reelection campaign. Just after Christies decisive reelection in November, the governor was nearly even with Clinton in a potential 2016 matchup.
But Bush has a major hurdle in his way. Fifty percent (50%) of voters nationwide say the fact that his father and his brother have both served as president makes them less likely to vote for him in 2016. Fourteen percent (14%) say the Bush family's presidential legacy makes them more likely to vote for him. Thirty-four percent (34%) say it would have no impact on their voting decision.
Clinton's age isn't nearly as big a factor. She will turn 69 just before the election in 2016 which has prompted some to suggest she is too old for the presidency. Just 16% think Clinton is too old to be president, though, while 72% disagree. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/2016_hillary_clinton_47_jeb_bush_33
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Rasmussen: Hillary Clinton 47%, Jeb Bush 33% (Original Post)
Nye Bevan
Mar 2014
OP
Assuming this poll has some accuracy, I am glad it reflects what it does, but how come in states
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#6
tridim
(45,358 posts)1. Can you please post this in a year, when it matters?
Thanks!
warrant46
(2,205 posts)3. Interesting
Fifty percent (50%) of voters nationwide say the fact that his father and his brother have both served as president makes them less likely to vote for him in 2016.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]
reformist2
(9,841 posts)2. Another Bush-Clinton election?! No, no, NO!!! :puke:
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)7. Exactly
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)5. Jeb just needs to pull a little closer and there'll be no clear leader
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)6. Assuming this poll has some accuracy, I am glad it reflects what it does, but how come in states
like Wisconsin and others, they have voted for the some pretty extremist right wingers to lead their state governments, yet this poll indicates something different.
Do people really know what they themselves stand for?
RoverSuswade
(641 posts)8. Doesn't mean squat
if democrats don't get their skit together and concentrate on winning back the House and keeping the Senate in 2014.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)9. She's inevitable-er than ever!!