In head-to-head match-ups, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would beat both Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and real estate magnate Donald Trump but would lose to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and retired surgeon Ben Carson, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released early Monday morning.
Clinton also earned the support of 56 percent of Democrats, a 19-point lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Clinton would beat Trump by 10 points, 50 percent to 40 percent. The former secretary of state would beat Cruz by 3 points.
Carson edges out Clinton by one point, 46 percent to 47 percent.
Rubio fared the best in a head-to-head match-up against Clinton, beating her by 3 points, 48 percent to 45 percent.
The poll was conducted from Dec. 6-9 among 1,000 adults by cell phone and landline with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.36 percent. Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies conducted the polling.
Polls are like ( some ) politicians - they lie .
This is still where we just know that Carson and Rubio seem nice to people that aren’t really paying attention. Not rabid like Cruz and Trump. When it’s a real head to head race we’ll know if we should worry.
Please, do we have to go through this again? There are so many things wrong with this: 1) a “national” poll is meaningless because Presidents are not elected by population. We need state by state polls, and there are none at this point. So why waste our time with this? 2) Carson does not “beat” Clinton – the national poll has him ahead by a point, which is within the margin of error. They are essentially tied, but because Carson is sinking like a stone this is irrelevant. Groan. 3) The Rubio result is a tad more interesting, but it’s 1000 people, and it’s still within the margin of error (btw, TPM says the margin is 2.26%, but the poll itself says it’s 3.1%)*. The last time they did the poll, in October, Hillary was ahead by 3.
Sigh.
Many things wrong indeed. I would add the WSJ and NBC are highly biased in that they have financial horses in the election race.
I just upgraded to a Prime membership, despite my concerns over the baitclick headlines and poor writing like this. I guess I should have listened to my doubts.