Poll: Hillary 45, Christie 37
“Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would start a 2016 presidential campaign with enormous advantages,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “She obviously is by far the best known and her more than 20 years in the public spotlight allows her to create a very favorable impression on the American people. But it is worth noting that she had very good poll numbers in 2006 looking toward the 2008 election, before she faced a relative unknown in Barack Obama.”
Christie gets 43 percent to Vice President Biden’s 40 percent and tops Cuomo 45 – 28 percent.
Biden tops Rubio 45 – 38 percent and gets 45 percent to Ryan’s 42 percent.
Ryan tops Cuomo 42 – 37 percent while Cuomo and Rubio are tied 37 – 37 percent.
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1. Polls at this point are beyond meaningless.
2. That said, Biden leads Ryan and Rubio in these polls?!? Oh, America…
LukeinNE on March 7, 2013 at 2:18 PM
At this point, no one cares.
karenhasfreedom on March 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Too soon. We’re still hung over from the disaster in November.
dczombie on March 7, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Uh huh. Riiiiiight. I can buy Hillary leading because the American people have had nearly 5 years to forget why they used to hate her so much(don’t worry, it’ll come back to them). But Bite Me leading Rubio or Ryan? Give me a break.
Doughboy on March 7, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Go away. We’re sick of elections.
Schadenfreude on March 7, 2013 at 2:24 PM
This poll’s results show name recognition and nothing more.
Clinton has at least 22 years in the national spotlight .Biden has maybe 5 years. Christie, maybe 4; Ryan, maybe 2; Rubio and Cuomo, maybe 1.
steebo77 on March 7, 2013 at 2:24 PM
I think you mean, “At this point, what difference does it make?”
steebo77 on March 7, 2013 at 2:25 PM
Really Biden leads in these polls. God America is through if this is true.
And I really want a Paul or a Cruz in there. Forget Christie. I am not EVER EVER EVER voting for Christie no matter how many people on Hot Air tell me how electable he is.
melle1228 on March 7, 2013 at 2:26 PM
So Hillary is still the front runner for the Democrat nomination. No surprise there.
forest on March 7, 2013 at 2:26 PM
The Endless Campaign
Bitter Clinger on March 7, 2013 at 2:30 PM
It’s probably hers if she wants it. I just don’t see any other rising star in the Democrat Party right now. Maybe Cory Booker after the next Presidential election, but he needs to actually become a Senator first.
The real question is would the general election be as much of a coronation for her as the 2016 Democrat primary? I’d like to think the American people will be more concerned with electing a competent leader and holding the Democrat Party responsible for Obama’s performance in office for the previous 8 years, but I’m terrified that too many voters(especially women) will be more preoccupied with making history again.
Doughboy on March 7, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Who? And Who?
Citizen-003528 on March 7, 2013 at 2:33 PM
We need to amend the constitution to make the release of political polls to the public a capital offense.
besser tot als rot on March 7, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Pass amnesty and polls will have to be D+16ish.
El_Terrible on March 7, 2013 at 2:36 PM
What are her qualifications again?
Del Dolemonte on March 7, 2013 at 2:36 PM
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE!?
El_Terrible on March 7, 2013 at 2:38 PM
This poll is actually pretty good considering the name recognition she has compared to the others.
GOPRanknFile on March 7, 2013 at 2:39 PM
Almost forgot…
KILLARY.
steebo77 on March 7, 2013 at 2:40 PM
What makes those who ‘might run’ think that there will be an election in 2016? The way bho/team/almost all(not all) in dc has/have planned our crater of our Republic feel we won’t be like a third world country where a king/dictator is in charge! That would be bho!
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letget on March 7, 2013 at 2:42 PM
She’s a lifelong Democrat with what appear to be womanly features. Those are all the qualifications she needs.
MelonCollie on March 7, 2013 at 2:44 PM
At this point, polls are about name recognition and little else.
Besides, the political environment will be different in 4 years – so that makes them even less meaningful.
DRayRaven on March 7, 2013 at 2:49 PM
At this point it matters little since nobody has the name rec Clinton does but I find it interesting that she doesnt hit 50%.
Flapjackmaka on March 7, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Okay, I know we’re supposed to learn lessons about decrying polls as inaccurate after most were proven right in the 2012 cycle. And I’ve been trying to avoid the tendency to cry foul on these polls. Really, I have.
But, c’mon. Biden beating Rubio? As far gone as I think the American people are, I still don’t think Biden could manage to defeat a somewhat mentally challenged monkey if they were running against each other. Yes, I know he was a senator for many years and I know he got elected vice-president. But both of those are a far cry from being the man with the nuclear football.
I just have to believe the American people are really not THAT stupid. I have to believe…
Shump on March 7, 2013 at 2:53 PM
A ham sandwich could be Obama.
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El_Terrible on March 7, 2013 at 2:57 PM
could beat*
El_Terrible on March 7, 2013 at 2:57 PM
Agree with both of these. It’s not too soon for campaigning, but too soon for polls like these. There’s also going to be a “honeymoon” or burst of support for Obama with him having won re-election.
Be interesting to see if the Paul filibuster starts to bring those numbers down.
Doomberg on March 7, 2013 at 3:03 PM
You need to understand that the American people may not necessarily be stupid, but most of them have no idea what Obama’s been doing in Washington. It will be the job of Obama’s opponent to actually bring attention to these issues during the campaign. One of Romney’s biggest failures was basically ignoring everything Obama did to mostly offer vague pablums about the economy.
I think we politically plugged in people forgot a lot about what campaigns were supposed to do, and there was too much sense on our side that Romney was “supposed” to win in a walk. While conservatives need to figure out the big issues (like what to do about a hostile party leadership), we also need to get back to the nuts and bolts of basic campaigning.
Doomberg on March 7, 2013 at 3:08 PM
OMG Hillary vs. Christie…what a libfest that would be. I’ll be sitting home on my couch with Pookie if that happens.
NJ Red on March 7, 2013 at 3:08 PM
I don’t see a dime’s difference between Hillary and Christie.
Jaibones on March 7, 2013 at 3:09 PM
This is all about name recognition basically and doesn’t matter. Might I remind you all about Senator Crist and President Hillary Clinton. Also Dubya was leading Gore by double digits in the summer of 2000.
Illinidiva on March 7, 2013 at 3:15 PM
Poll: Hillary 45, Christie 37
The Titanic’s taking on water??
ToddPA on March 7, 2013 at 3:18 PM
Their positions are completely identical on every issue, so I assume, that if their both run, that they’ll be fighting each other for the democrat nomination.
BATTLE of the OBNOXIOUS, TREASONOUS WINDBAGS!
Pork-Chop on March 7, 2013 at 3:42 PM
This is a pretty crazy name recognition game at this point, conducted by the media in order to figure out who they need to marginalize more…looks like they should work on Rubio. It is my opinion that they need to show they can function and republican’s need to spend some dollars to advertise their same old brand, instead of letting the media name call every day.
I keep hearing things like 4 million republicans stayed home (not correct) and didn’t come out to vote for Mitt Romney. You know in the red states Romney won by no less than 53% of the vote…mostly between 55% and 68% of the vote. What we need is more red states.
But did you know that every one of Romney’s 4 million votes of California residents were wasted voting in California? If only 200,000 people from California moved their permanent residence in income tax free Florida, Romney would have tied with Obama in Florida for 29 electoral votes.
Other battleground states, (sorry I don’t know why anyone would want to move to Ohio from California, but perhaps northerners might consider it) but beautiful Virginia? he needed 116,000 votes to tie, for 13 electoral votes. I would encourage you to think about moving to historic Virginia. If you waste your vote in DC, you might consider it too.
And nearby Nevada, 6 electoral votes…Romney only needed 66,000 red state leaning voters to tie there, and Colorado 9 electoral votes, 113,000 votes to tie. NM, 5 electoral votes, 75,000 votes needed to tie. Both an easy jaunt to California, if you are sick of CA politics, keep the CA home for vacations, up and sell, or if just want to do good works, make the move.
And if you are in MA wasting your vote, perhaps, you might consider the move to, nearby NH, (4 electoral votes) where Romney lost by only 41,000 votes. And help restore the Sanity there…Obama helped elect them a dem governor. There was a lot of yelling about “women would die,” if Romney won.
So in my calculation, no need to worry about the 4 million “lost” republican voters…I think they voted, personally, it only takes about a half a million conservative republicans moving strategically to challenge the math from this year’s election. No need to change electoral colleges…no need to beat anyone about the head…no need to nominate Newt Gingrich. ooops. Although I wonder sometimes if he would condescend to run for Senate.
Fleuries on March 7, 2013 at 4:13 PM
Yeah. Whatever. Get back to me in three years.
farsighted on March 7, 2013 at 5:03 PM
Great article
api on March 13, 2013 at 9:54 AM