A new poll puts Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton as the front runners in their respective primaries ahead of March’s Super Tuesday.
A new poll puts Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton as the front runners in their respective primaries ahead of March’s Super Tuesday.
The poll, conducted by CNU’s Judy Ford Wason Center For Public Policy, questioned 735 registered voters from Feb. 3-14 and asked a number of questions dealing with upcoming primary candidates, and the numbers show a number of interesting factors.
From the poll:
1. Almost two-thirds of Virginia voters have an unfavorable view of Donald Trump, but he holds a solid lead in the Republican primary at 28%.
2. Hillary Clinton holds a majority among likely Democratic primary voters, leading Bernie Sanders, 52% to 40%.
3. Marco Rubio has the highest favorable rating among all candidates (44%), and seems within range of Trump in the primary at 22%.
4. Ted Cruz may be in striking distance at 19%, but the other Republican candidates drop off sharply. With 39% undecided about him, John Kasich has upside potential but not much time to grow from 7%.
5. The candidate label “Democratic-Socialist” drives Republicans away (90%) but most Democrats (68%) and Independents (57%) are unconcerned by it.
“Almost all the voters have an opinion about Donald Trump, and twice as many see him
in an unfavorable light as view him favorably,” wrote Dr. Quentin Kidd, director of the
Wason Center, in a statement released along with the poll. “Even so, among likely Republican voters, he still wins the horse race.”
It turns out Virginians are not too fond of Trump’s plan bar all Muslims from entering the country, with 52% saying a candidate with such a plan would make them less likely to vote for them.
On the other side of the political extreme, Sander’s label as a “democratic socialist” isn’t a great idea in VA voters mind’s either with 52% saying they’d be less likely to support a candidate touting such a moniker.
Check out some other numbers below, all via the poll:
Virginians go to the primary polls on Tuesday, March 1st, along with Alabama, Alaska Republican caucuses, Arkansas, Colorado caucuses, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota caucuses, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Wyoming’s Republican caucus.
