Fairleigh Dickinson Poll: Trump, Carson Even; Clinton Well Ahead Of Sanders

[riversedge]

Source: CBS




October 8, 2015 8:41 PM


TEANECK, N.J. (CBS NewYork) — A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released Thursday showed Donald Trump and Ben Carson running nearly even as the top choices among Republican presidential candidates, and Hillary Clinton considerably ahead of Bernie Sanders.

The PublicMind by the Teaneck, New Jersey university indicated that 26 percent of Republican respondents would vote for Trump if the election were held today, versus 22 percent for Carson.

No other candidate received a double-digit favorable response, with Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina only receiving 7 percent of respondents’ support, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie just 4 percent............
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Among Democrats, Clinton well outshined Sanders among respondents. A total of 45 percent said they would vote for Clinton if the election were held today, while 23 percent preferred Sanders.

In particular, nonwhite respondents favored Clinton by 56 percent, compared to just 26 percent for whit Democrats. Millennial respondents were among the most likely to endorse Sanders, the poll said........... pixiedustsmly

Read more: newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/10/08/fairleigh-dickinson-presidential-poll/

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Clinton 56; Sanders 23; Biden 17

[brooklynite]

1. Well, you can't trust a poll for a University,can you?

[thesquanderer]

2. Surprised that Fiorina is that far behind Carson.

Haven't other polls recently shown them much closer? Maybe the Planned Parenthood video nonsense actually did finally come back to bite her.

As for the Clinton-Sanders thing, one thing for me that is often missing from these polls is any reference to name recognition (which obviously favors HRC). What would be more significant to me is not merely "how are Clinton and Sanders doing" but "how how are Clinton and Sanders doing among people who have actually heard of Sanders" (or have heard enough to have an opinion about him). I'm really curious to see what happens after the first debate.

[wordpix]

3. surprised Carson is doing this well

He is the worst public speaker ever. And he closes his eyes while speaking, probably b.c he's got a word retrieval problem and it helps him concentrate. I don't see the appeal at all, even without the BS that comes out of his conservative mouth

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. "He is the worst public speaker ever". He & Kevin McCarthy are emblematic of the new Republicans.

All gibberish, all the time. It's embarrassing to me as an American.

[workinclasszero]

5. Because their brains are mush

You have to be a f***ing idiot to believe what teahaddits believe, it doesn't matter if you are a brain surgeon or not!

[Marty McGraw]

6. What the Fairleigh Dickinson?