Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton edged out all major Republican presidential candidates in a MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll published Monday. The closest margin put Clinton three points above Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and only one point ahead of political newcomer Ben Carson.
The poll, which had a Latino voter subsection, shows Clinton with a 11-point lead over the Republican frontrunner, real estate magnate Donald Trump. She led 52-41. Among Latino voters, Clinton led Trump by 42 points, 69-27.
Latinos and other minority voting blocs are seen as key pieces to winning the White House in 2016.
The poll was conducted among 2,360 registered voters from Nov. 15 to Dec. 2 with a margin of error of 2 percentage points. The poll surveyed 264 Latino voters with a margin of error of 6 percentage points.
Our strongest candidate is one point ahead of Ben Carson. This isn’t going to end well.
One in four Latino voters would vote for the guy who would start a race war against them? More work needs to be done–once Trump gets the nomination. Hillary is right to hold her fire for now.
The Republican field has already peaked.
I will bet you $1000 that if Ben Carson is the Republican nominee, Clinton will win by considerably more than 1 percentage point.
@Trajan
I have this much faith in this poll or most of the others for that matter. None. Carson has a 1% chance of winning the nomination, but Rubio will win it with 41%. The Democratic candidate will be Clinton who has a 58% chance of beating the R nominee who’ll get 42% of the vote. And I’d bet more than $1,000. on that outcome.