Trump Leads Clinton In Head-To-Head Poll

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A recent poll by SurveyUSA put Donald Trump ahead of all the big-name Democrats.

 

 

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump exits a news conference in Manhattan on Sept. 3, 2015 in New York City.

By Max Miceli Sept. 8, 2015 | 3:25 p.m. EDT+ More

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New poll results suggest GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump leads not only his Republican rivals but is also narrowly outpacing the top Democratic names in head-to-head matchups as well.

A SurveyUSA poll released Friday had Trump ahead of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton by a 45 to 40 percent margin and also showed him leading Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont 44 to 40 percent. In matchups with undeclared candidates, Trump bests former Vice President Al Gore 44 to 41 percent and leads Vice President Joe Biden 44 to 42 percent.

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But the poll, conducted Sept. 2-3, featured some unusual methodology. Unlike many polls that query "likely voters," the telephone survey with a 3.3 percent margin of error simply questioned 1,000 adults, noting that 900 of them were registered voters. Its questions also identified the candidates only by name, rather than noting their party affiliation – a tactic that could skew results since many voters cast ballots depending upon the party with which they are aligned.

 

That's not to say the poll numbers can be dismissed. Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling on Thursday released its own survey that showed Trump trailing Clinton 46 to 44 percent – within the poll's 2.8 percent margin of error. That poll showed Trump and Sanders in a dead heat and Biden with a slight lead over the Republican candidate.

Among a subset of registered voters who told SurveyUSA they pay “a lot” of attention to politics, Trump’s leads in the head-to-head matchups with Democrats were even larger. Thirty percent of respondents said they thought Trump would eventually emerge as the GOP nominee compared to 20 percent for his nearest competitor, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. 

The poll also suggested that Trump's support among minority voters is uncharacteristically broad for a Republican, with 31 percent of Hispanic voters and 25 percent of African-Americans voters favoring the Republican in the hypothetical matchup with Clinton. 

 

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LOL

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John McAfee just entered the scene . chuddam emi pekuthado..

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awesome. time to bomb USA.

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or better, a political assassination.

 

Both Clinton, and Trump in one shot.

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John McAfee just entered the scene . chuddam emi pekuthado..

 

wasn't he accused of fcuking children?

 

USA becomes more and more awesome by the day.