New Poll Shows Hillary Clinton With Significant Lead Over Top GOP Rivals

Hillary Rodham Clinton, former US Secretary of State, speaks during her keynote remarks at the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves summit, Friday Nov. 21, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Hillary Clinton has a double-digit lead nationally among registered voters over five of her top Republican rivals, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Thursday.

In hypothetical general election matchups, Clinton leads Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) 54 percent to 41 percent; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), 53 percent to 40 percent; Mitt Romney 55 percent to 40 percent; and Mike Huckabee 56 percent to 39 percent.

Washington Post/ABC surveyed 843 registered voters Jan. 12-15 via phone with a margin of error plus or minus four percentage points.

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  1. Doesn’t mean a thing. Why do we waste time even reporting these polls? Hell, why waste time conducting them?

  2. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    I’d like to se the results of a poll pitting her against Elizabeth Warren.

  3. Hilary is killing Warren, and anybody else mentioned, in current polling. Like over 50 points killing.

    That’s just a quickie from CNN…but you can google it and take your pick.

  4. Yep, the only people who think Warren is a viable candidate are political junkies on the left. Plus, now that on numerous occasions she’s said she’s not running, that she supports HRC, it would be really hard for her to mount a credible campaign. HRC would just air ad after ad after ad of Warren singing her praises. Warren is exactly where she needs to be.

  5. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    I would prefer Warren over Hillary by a gazilion. I do agree Warren is more effective where she is but she has the right message to get the people to the polls. Perhaps she will be campaigning for Hillary which would probably help. I do not, however, think Hillary is the answer to our prayers. I sure hope someone challenges her and makes her move to the left of center instead to the right of center where she lives.

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