Looks like its going to be a long primary season! Quinnipiac just released some new data, and it's not too good if you were expecting the coronation.
Clinton leads the field, but the trend is still downward:
Clinton leads the Democratic field with 45 percent, down from 55 percent July 30, with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont at 22 percent and Biden at 18 percent.
In addition it looks like Biden is doing better than Clinton against all candidates in the General Election, while Clinton barely holds against Trump-- Sanders is doing solid and does better against Jeb than Clinton, while he still has tons of room to grow:
Biden tops Trump 48 – 40 percent. He beats Bush 45 – 39 percent and gets 44 percent to Rubio’s 41 percent.
Clinton edges Trump 45 – 41 percent. She gets 42 percent to Bush’s 40 percent and gets 44 percent to Rubio’s 43 percent.
Sanders edges Trump 44 – 41 percent and edges Bush 43 – 39 percent. Rubio gets 41 percent to Sanders’ 40 percent.
And finally we have some favorability numbers, and they're looking good for Bernie and Biden, not so good for Clinton:
Jeb Bush has a negative 32 – 41 percent favorability rating among all voters, with
Clinton getting a negative 39 – 51 percent score, her worst ever. Ratings for other top contenders are:
48 – 39 percent for Biden; ...32 – 28 percent for Sanders.
Negative 36 – 54 percent for Trump;41 – 27 percent for Rubio
If you look at these numbers, Clinton is starting to perform at or worse than she did in 08. It will be hard for her to be competitive in a general election with a favorability number of 39%.
This is good news for Democrats as we'll have a competitive primary and the nominee, whoever it is, will come out stronger.
Link to full poll here: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/...