2016 polling: Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton lead their packs
New PPP polls both nationally and in Iowa find Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton leading the way for their party’s respective 2016 nominations, with Clinton leading Rubio by 8 points in a hypothetical head to head.
For the third month in a row in our national 2016 GOP tracking Rubio leads the way. He’s at 22% to 15% for Paul Ryan, 13% each for Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, 11% for Mike Huckabee, 10% for Rand Paul, 4% for Bobby Jindal, 3% for Rick Perry, and 1% for Susana Martinez. Rubio continues to lead based on his appeal to the furthest right segment of the Republican Party- he’s at 28% with ‘very conservative’ voters to 15% for Huckabee and 14% for Ryan.
Rubio’s tied for the lead in Iowa as well. It’s a closely contested picture there with he and Huckabee both at 16%, followed by Paul at 15%, Bush at 14%, Christie at 12%, Ryan at 10%, Martinez at 4%, and Jindal and Perry at 3%. Rubio leads with conservatives there as well but polls so far behind Huckabee with moderates that it’s just a tie overall. One other interesting finding in Iowa is that Chris Christie has only a 36/33 favorability rating with Republicans in the state, including 36/38 with ‘very conservative’ ones.
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Oh fer crissakes.
They can take that poll and stick it between their back pockets.
The only one that matters is on election day.
NeoKong on February 8, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Yawn
jake-the-goose on February 8, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Just remember, Rubio co-sponsored the PIPA bill.
Notorious GOP on February 8, 2013 at 9:27 AM
I remember one poll back in 2009 showing Romney edging Obama and even Palin within 5 of Barry. Get back to me in 2 years when it starts to matter.
The problem Hillary has is that her numbers can go nowhere but down once she’s back on the campaign trail sounding shrill and looking worse than ever. Plus much of her political fate lies in the hands of Obama. If his 2nd term is a disaster, it’s gonna be tough for any Dem to win in 2016 provided the GOP doesn’t nominate another moderate squish and/or Northeasterner.
Doughboy on February 8, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Add Christie and Bush together, and you get 26% – which shows how easily a RINO could take the nomination, just like Romney did. I’m sure the circular firing squad that took out everyone but Romney and that idiot Santorum last time around will do something similar in 2016.
One other thing: maybe they should stop including Huckabee in these polls. Every time I think of him possibly being the GOP nominee, I throw up in my mouth a little. If the nominee is Hukcabee, Bush, or Christie, I vote Libertarian in 2016.
Personally, I hope Perry runs again and doesn’t let back surgery and pain meds screw him up this time around.
DRayRaven on February 8, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Lizard Man 2016
Amnesty will have been settled by then and I don’t have much faith the results will be acceptable.
Bishop on February 8, 2013 at 9:32 AM
This was the stuff that was used to create Romney’s aura of inevitability. If you want another candidate besides Rubio, you probably ought to be concerned.
Doomberg on February 8, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Now that Time Magazine has chosen Rubio as the Savior of the GOP, I know he’ll be the nominee. The libs have picked our presidential nominees for the last four elections.
RoadRunner on February 8, 2013 at 9:35 AM
LMAO. So, Hillary is leading their pack three years and some months before the election, again. That gives her about 2 years and some months to learn how to answer 6 PM phone calls.
Dusty on February 8, 2013 at 9:43 AM
Romney was only inevitable because the other candidates sucked. Voters even gave Santorum, a guy with no money or organization and is no one’s first choice of anything, a serious look.
crrr6 on February 8, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Brody of Christian Broadcasting throws down the gauntlet. Good Vs. Evil. With (r)ove being the later.
http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2013/02/07/karl-rove-vs.-evangelicals–joan-collins-vs.-linda-evans.aspx
AmeriCuda on February 8, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Lord Humungus 2016! he’s the type of leader America needs (and deserves).
bannor on February 8, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Jeb Bush and Chris Christie! You’re kidding right? No seriously, you’re kidding right?
There could not be two individuals more out of step with the conservative grassroots movement in this country.
Rand Paul/Ted Cruz 2016
When the left’s religion is “organizing” and government in general, it is not too early to start pushing our candidates.
Meat Fighter on February 8, 2013 at 10:03 AM
It’s more than that. It also scares off more serious alternatives from entering, and convinces big donors not to donate to alternative candidates. This is why I’m arguing that a conservative alternative to Jeb Bush (or Rubio depending on who wins out) needs to be found ASAP, so they can start running and gathering cash and get their names out there in the polls.
Doomberg on February 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM
LOL. A worm and an idiot who couldn’t even get the State Dept to correctly translate one simple word into Russian (a language we’ve had to spy in and eavesdrop in for over half a century).
I just want a national divorce so that these slimeballs are left in the American Socialist Superstate with their illegals and I can live in a nation under the US Constitution – created “to secure the Blessings of Liberty TO OURSELVES AND TO OUR POSTERITY”, not to illegal aliens who invade us from every sh!thole on Earth.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on February 8, 2013 at 10:27 AM
You forgot Santorum. He smirked to Greta the other night he was in. You loons so angry at Rubio and wondering why “Establishment!!” wins and yet there’s Huck and Schmuck ready to divide and split your “pure” votes. Go Rubio.
Marcus on February 8, 2013 at 10:44 AM
If Rubio should happen, I can only hope the same peeps who attacked McCain on immigration issues…a la “amnesty”…don’t do the same with Rubio.
JetBoy on February 8, 2013 at 10:56 AM
I’m not sure why you would want amnesty, or a big amnesty supporter as our presidential candidate. It’s a loser issue for Republicans both politically (in terms of backlash from the base and minting some 12-30 million new Democrats) and economically in that they all get put on welfare in a situation where we’re already basically bankrupt.
Doomberg on February 8, 2013 at 11:16 AM
¡Por Hillary voto yo!
steebo77 on February 8, 2013 at 11:32 AM
Well the press has already done picked the Republican for the 2016 elections which means here comes billery!!!
I am not comfy giving the nod to RUbio at all.
watertown on February 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM
I held my nose and voted for McShame (same with that idiot Romney). Those days are gone. if you morons pick Rubio, you’ll be doing it without my vote. Go find an illegal to take my place. You people have become far too offensive to American ideals. I’ve had it. You can bet your azz I’m not the only one, either.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on February 8, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Too bad. Can’t vote for either.
Bmore on February 8, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Exactly where I was going to go. Anytime the media, specifically the former JournoList talking heads and writers, is telling us who we should nominate, then we need to be looking elsewhere.
I’m looking at you, Scott Walker. There is a reason why the media is blacking out your beating the recall election; it is easily one of the top 5 political stories of 2012.
Jurisprudence on February 8, 2013 at 12:30 PM