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Poll: Clinton And Trump Leading Ahead Of New York Primaries

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump look to have big leads in the upcoming New York State Democratic and Republican primaries on April 17.

According to a new Quinnipiac University poll released today, Clinton leads Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont 54% – 42%. There are 247 delegates up for grabs in the Democratic primary.

On the GOP side, Trump leads among Republicans with 56%, followed by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 20% and Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 19%.

In a hypothetical head-to-head race, the new survey shows Clinton would beat Trump for New York state’s electoral votes in a general election by 20 points – 53% – 33%.

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CNN Poll: Hillary Clinton Would Beat Donald Trump 56%-42% In General Election

According to a new CNN/ORC poll, 56% of those surveyed believe former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would win against billionaire Donald Trump come November, while 42% say Trump would take it.

Additionally, Democrats feel stronger than Republicans do about their chances in such a hypothetical.

The survey shows 87% of Dems say Clinton would win versus 75% of Republicans who think the Trumpster would prevail.

In terms of favorable/unfavorable, Hillary Clinton scored higher with Democrats (73% favorable/25% unfavorable) versus Donald Trump with Republicans (63% favorable/34% unfavorable).

The Donald also has a serious issue with women voters – 74% of female voters overall have an unfavorable opinion of Trump.

When the majority of voters are women, it’s not hard to figure out you can’t win a general election with 3/4s of women not liking you.

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ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Donald Trump Would Lost To Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump loves to talk about how he leads in polls.

But he’s not going to like the news today.

Earlier I posted results from the most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton beating Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up 51%-38%.

Now, ABC News/Washington Post poll echoes those results showing Clinton would beat Trump by 9 points,  50%-41%. This marks Clinton’s widest lead in this poll since September.

Additionally, only 30% of Americans see Trump favorably versus 67% unfavorably.

While Clinton is also underwater by that metric, she is in better shape with 46% favorable / 52% unfavorable numbers.

No wonder the GOP establishment is walking into walls over the Donald’s prospective candidacy.

More from the poll below:

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New CNN/ORC Poll Shows Both Democratic Candidates Beat Donald Trump

New polling from CNN/ORC shows both Democratic candidates for president, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton & Sen. Bernie Sanders, would beat current Republican front-runner Donald Trump.

From CNN:

In the scenario that appears most likely to emerge from the primary contests, Clinton tops Trump 52% to 44% among registered voters. That result has tilted in Clinton’s favor since the last CNN/ORC Poll on the match-up in January.

But when the former secretary of state faces off with either of the other two top Republicans, things are much tighter and roughly the same as they were in January. Clinton trails against Rubio, with 50% choosing the Florida senator compared to 47% for Clinton, identical to the results in January. Against Cruz, Clinton holds 48% to his 49%, a slight tightening from a 3-point race in January to a 1-point match-up now.

Sanders — who enjoys the most positive favorable rating of any presidential candidate in the field, according to the poll — tops all three Republicans by wide margins: 57% to 40% against Cruz, 55% to 43% against Trump, and 53% to 45% against Rubio. Sanders fares better than Clinton in each match-up among men, younger voters and independents.

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PPP Poll Shows Trump And Clinton Leading Big In South Carolina

PPP’s new South Carolina poll continues to find Donald Trump with a wide lead in the state.

Trump has a very comfortable lead with 35% to 18% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 10% for John Kasich, and 7% each for Jeb Bush and Ben Carson.

No big surprise there, but how about this: when asked “Would you support or oppose banning homosexuals from entering the United States?,” 31% of Trump’s supporters are in favor of such a ban.

Additionally, 32% of Trump voters continue to believe the policy of Japanese internment during World War II was a good one.

On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 55% to 34%.

Clinton and Sanders are tied with white voters at 46%, which pretty much mirrors how the race played out in Iowa.

But among African Americans Clinton continues to have a substantial advantage over Sanders at 63/23.

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Survey Shows Hillary Clinton Has Strongest Support Among Likely LGBT Voters

According to a survey of likely LGBT voters conducted by Community Marketing & Insights, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen as the presidential candidate who is most supportive of LGBT rights and equality.

Clinton received the support of 48% of those polled, while Sen. Bernie Sanders clocked in at 41%.

Among Republicans Donald Trump was the highest ranked but with a measly 2%. Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio got 1% each.

It’s interesting to note that in the 2012 presidential campaign LGBT voters comprised 5% of the total electorate. Of those, 77% voted for President Obama while 23% threw their support to GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

Five percent may not seem like a huge number, but consider this: 77% of 5 is about 4.8. In a tight race, four percentage points could be the difference between a Democrat picking the next few SCOTUS justices or a Republican.

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New Hampshire Tracking Poll – Day 6

Day 6 of the 7News/UMass Lowell New Hampshire Tracking poll shows not much movement.

Hillary Clinton has narrowed the gap quite a bit this week. She started down 31 points this week but has closed that to a 14 point deficit. But I don’t see her closing the deal by Tuesday’s primary. Another tracking poll showed her down 12 points.

Bernie Sanders stayed steady at 55 percent, and Hillary Clinton gained a point. She now has 41 percent.

The tracking poll shows Sanders has stopped his downward trend.

As for Hillary Clinton, she’s still ticking upwards, but now at slower pace.

On the Republican side, Donald Trump went up a point to 35 percent.

Marco Rubio lost a point, and now has 14.

Ted Cruz also lost a point. He has 13 and remains in third.

Jeb Bush and John Kasich both gained two points, and both have ten.

Chris Christie went down one to four percent.

Ben Carson is also down one with three percent, and Carly Fiorina is also at three.

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New Hampshire Daily Tracking Poll Shows Marco Rubio And Hillary Clinton Trending Up

The 7News/UMass Lowell New Hampshire tracking poll shows progress for Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The daily poll shows Rubio gaining 3 points while front-runner Donald Trump dropped 2 points overnight.

Here’s where the Republicans stand:

Over on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton rises 4 points while Sen. Bernie Sanders drops 3 points.

With five days before the first in the nation primary, it’ll be interesting to see how much ground the underdogs in the Granite State might make up.

Will Trump’s peeps really show up and vote for him? He’s admitted he knew nothing about “ground game” in Iowa – will that change in New Hampshire?

I’ve said before that with Sanders practically in his backyard, and with such a commanding lead, a second place finish by Hillary in single digits would register as an achievement.

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New CNN/ORC Poll Shows Trump And Sanders With Solid Leads Before Iowa Caucus

According to a new CNN/ORC poll Republican Donald Trump and Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders have opened up solid leads in the Iowa race up to the February 1st caucus’s.

• Trump leads Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is in second place in the GOP race, among likely Republican caucus-goers, 37% to 26%. Sen. Marco Rubio comes in a distant 3rd at 14%. All others are in single digits.

• Sanders, meanwhile, has opened up an eight-point lead over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, leading her in Iowa 51% to 43%

There is an interesting aspect to the poll results, however. When only counting respondents who previously caucused in their party’s most recent competitive caucus, the numbers change up quite a bit.

• Cruz pulls past Trump, with 30% for Cruz to 28% for Trump. Rubio stays somewhat unchanged at 16% in that sample.

• Looking at Democrats who caucused in 2008, Clinton moves into the lead over Sanders, with Clinton 55% to Sanders 38%.

What this would mean to me is a lot of folks who are not regular caucus-goers make the difference for Trump and Sanders. Those two are inspiring energy – BUT – will they actually show up on a cold February night to support their choice when it’s not a habit for them?

We shall see in just 11 days.