A survey of swing states Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are winners but Vice President Joe Biden runs as well or better than Clinton in general election matchups there, a new Quinnipiac Poll shows. Clinton and Trump have the worst overall favorability ratings among all voters of any of the leading candidates, and the lowest scores for being honest and trustworthy. The Swing State Poll focuses on Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania because since 1960 no candidate has won the presidential race without taking at least two of these three states.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida both run better than Trump against Clinton, Biden or U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the poll finds.
If Trump makes a third-party run, results are:
Florida – Clinton at 37 percent, with 36 percent for Bush and 19 percent for Trump;
Ohio – Clinton over Bush 37 – 27 percent, with 23 percent for Trump;
Pennsylvania – Clinton tops Bush 37 – 29 percent, with Trump at 24 percent.
“Vice President Joseph Biden, who is spending his time in seclusion, contemplating whether to take on Secretary Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries for president, has some new information to consider,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
“In head-to-head matchups against the three leading contenders for the Republican nomination, he runs as well or slightly better than she does.”
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