I know it's early, and I already knew Hillary polls strongly, but wowza.
The results are within the margin of error, but Clinton leads Marco Rubio 46% to 45%,
Chris Christie 45% to 43% and Rick Perry 50% to 42%. She has a +7 favorability rating
(50/43) with Texas voters and strong support among moderate voters—72% view her
favorably, and she crushes her potential GOP opponents among this voting group.
“If Clinton is the 2016 nominee, she could conceivably expand the electoral map for
Democrats in deep-red Texas,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/...
Needless to say, the Democratic nominee doesn't need to win Texas.
But just forcing the GOP candidate to actually spend money and resources there would effectively preclude a realistic GOP win.
Other interesting parts of the poll
- Hillary's lead comes from younger voters
18 to 45 - 50% to 38% vs. Christie
46 to 65 - 43% to 45% vs. Christie
over 65 - 41% to 45% vs. Christie
18 to 45 - 50% to 41% vs. Rubio
46 to 65 - 45% to 45% vs. Rubio
over 65 - 43% to 52% vs. Rubio
18 to 45 - 55% to 42% vs. Perry
46 to 65 - 50% to 39% vs. Perry
over 65 - 45% to 48% vs. Perry
- Hillary crushes Rubio 66%-30% among Hispanics
- In the Republican primary, Rubio leads with 21%, Mike Huckabee 14%, Rand Paul 13%, Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush 11% each
- 70% do not want Rick Perry to run for president
- 20% support Texas seceding from the union
- 42% are Dallas Cowboys fans; 50% are not