Hillary Clinton a has commanding lead over Democrats for 2016, poll finds

[DonViejo]

Last edited Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:39 PM - Edit history (2)

Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a commanding 6 to 1 lead over other Democrats heading into the 2016 presidential campaign, while the Republican field is deeply divided with no clear front-runner, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Clinton trounces her potential primary rivals with 73 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, reinforcing a narrative of inevitability around her nomination if she runs. Vice President Biden is second with 12 percent, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) is third with 8 percent.

Although Clinton’s favorability rating has fallen since she stepped down as secretary of state a year ago, she has broad Democratic support across ideological, gender, ethnic and class lines. Her lead is the largest recorded in an early primary matchup in at least 30 years of Post-ABC polling.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-2016-hillary-clinton-has-commanding-lead-over-democrats-gop-race-wide-open/2014/01/29/188bb3f4-8904-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html

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TOM KLUDT – JANUARY 30, 2014, 9:55 AM EST

Chris Christie has been billed as the GOP's best hope against Hillary Clinton in 2016, but a poll out Thursday showed the former secretary of state with a comfortable (and very early) lead over the New Jersey governor.

The latest ABC News/Washington Post survey showed Clinton polling at 53 percent among registered voters nationwide in the hypothetical matchup against Christie, who garnered 41 percent support.

The poll also showed that 46 percent of voters believe the politically motivated lane closures on the George Washington Bridge are a sign of larger problems with Christie's leadership, compared with 43 percent who said it was just an isolated incident.

An NBC/Marist poll earlier this month showed Clinton with a 13-point lead over Christie after a survey in December showed the two neck-and-neck.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-chris-christie-poll-2016

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Hillary Clinton Now Has a Historically Massive Lead in Early Primary Polling

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Over on the GOP side of things, meanwhile, we find a much more crowded field. Here's the full breakdown of the Republican field:

Paul Ryan, 20 percent

Jeb Bush, 18 percent

Chris Christie, 13 percent

Ted Cruz, 12 percent

Marco Rubio, 10 percent

Rand Paul, 11 percent
No opinion, 9 percent

None of these, 4 percent

Other, 2 percent

Would not vote, 1 percent

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/01/30/wapo_abc_2016_poll_hillary_clinton_holds_staggering_61_point_lead_over_joe.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=f2102e4ff3&mc_eid=7a8b58c8c3

[Zen Democrat]

1. Didn't she have a commanding lead and was seen as inevitable in 2007?

Times change. Things happen. Hillary lost primaries to Barack because she was perceived as more of a militarist. She still is. I want a woman president, but not one who stands always on "war footing." As for 2016? I heart Joe. Hillary is electable if she's the nominee, but it'll be a bugger for her to get the nomination given her propensity to call for military action in the name of American exceptionalism.

[DonViejo]

3. 36% in 2007. A significant difference from the 73% she apparently now has. eom

[Renew Deal]

4. Not like this

And beyond that, she has very little electable opposition.

[loudsue]

2. That is how they are selling this, anyway. I don't want Hillary.

They are trying to shove her down our throats anyway. The deals have already been made.

The good news is, she is still the only one who is in the running, so her numbers are only going to fall from here. Hopefully, we can get a real democrat this time, instead of republican lite.

[bowens43]

5. sad. the last thing we need is more of the same.

[totodeinhere]

6. That's the biggest Democratic poll lead in history.

Very impressive.

[Beacool]

8. Yep, I just heard it on the news.

The largest lead in Democratic history.

[JDPriestly]

7. What a shame. Bad for the Democratic Party. Bad for our country.

It's really too bad.

[hrmjustin]

9. I hope it holds till election day.