PPP: Christie leads the field (incl. Huckabee), Clinton leads Dems

[Tender Branson]

In addition to being the strongest general election Christie also leads the Republican field. He gets 19% to 14% for Ted Cruz, 13% for Mike Huckabee, 11% for Rand Paul, 10% for Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan, 7% for Marco Rubio, 4% for Scott Walker, and 3% for Bobby Jindal.

Christie leads the field both with moderates (he gets 32% to 12% for Paul and 10% for Ryan), and voters identifying as 'somewhat conservative' (he gets 17% to 16% for Huckabee, 14% for Bush, and 11% each for Cruz and Ryan.) Cruz leads with 'very conservative' ones, getting 23% to 15% for Paul, 14% for Huckabee, 12% for Christie, and 10% for Ryan.

Huckabee actually has the highest favorability of the Republicans we tested, at 65/14. But only 20% of those with a positive opinion of him say he'd be their first choice for President. By contrast Christie only has a 47/29 favorability rating, but 37% who have a positive view of him also support him for President. There's a greater intensity among those who do have a favorable opinion.

If you take Huckabee out of the equation Christie's support increases to 23% with Cruz at 15%, Bush and Paul at 12%, Ryan at 11%, Rubio at 8%, Walker at 6%, and Jindal at 4%.

There continues to be no challenge to Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side. We threw Howard Dean and John Kerry into the equation for the first time this month but Clinton still gets 66% to 10% for Joe Biden, 2% each for Cory Booker, Andrew Cuomo, Dean, Kerry, and Martin O'Malley, and 1% for Brian Schweitzer. Clinton is at 58% or more with liberals, moderates, men, women, whites, African Americans, Latinos, seniors, and young voters.

If you take Clinton out of the mix Biden would still be the front runner even if Kerry and Dean were in the field. He gets 35% to 13% for Kerry and Warren, 7% for Booker and Cuomo, 4% for Dean and O'Malley, and 1% for Schweitzer. Warren leads a field where the other big names stay out with 24% to 14% for Cuomo, 13% for Booker, 7% for O'Malley, and 2% for Schweitzer.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/12/christie-leads-both-democratic-and-gop-fields.html#more

[Lief 🗽]

RIP Social Security, Medicare, progressive taxation and legal abortion.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Nothing good will come out of the 2016 election; then again, pretty much every president has been a ruling class war criminal. The thug in office now will be replaced by something no better.

[All Along The Watchtower]

RIP Social Security, Medicare, progressive taxation and legal abortion.

Oh, please. Christie is A Very Serious Candidate with Common Sense Solutions to our Economic Challenges Going Forward. Clearly the only Sensible Thing to do for Socially Moderate Fiscal Conservatives is to vote for Chris Christie in 2016.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Nothing good will come out of the 2016 election; then again, pretty much every president has been a ruling class war criminal. The thug in office now will be replaced by something no better.

wow so sage

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[Oakvale]

Nothing good will come out of the 2016 election; then again, pretty much every president has been a ruling class war criminal. The thug in office now will be replaced by something no better.

MANY SAGE

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I'd be interested in seeing the numbers without Bush as well.

[RogueBeaver]

They can eliminate Bush, Ryan and probably Huck.

[morgieb]

Nothing good will come out of the 2016 election; then again, pretty much every president has been a ruling class war criminal. The thug in office now will be replaced by something no better.

wow

such sage

[Mr. Morden]

GOP

Christie 19%
Cruz 14%
Huckabee 13%
Paul 11%
Bush 10%
Ryan 10%
Rubio 7%
Walker 4%
Jindal 3%

If Huckabee doesn't run…

Christie 23%
Cruz 15%
Bush 12%
Paul 12%
Ryan 11%
Rubio 8%
Walker 6%
Jindal 4%

Dems

Clinton 66%
Biden 10%
Warren 6%
Booker 2%
Cuomo 2%
Dean 2%
Kerry 2%
O'Malley 2%
Schweitzer 1%

If Clinton doesn't run…

Biden 35%
Kerry 13%
Warren 13%
Booker 7%
Cuomo 7%
Dean 4%
O'Malley 4%
Schweitzer 1%

If neither Biden, Clinton, Dean, nor Kerry runs…

Warren 24%
Cuomo 14%
Booker 13%
O'Malley 7%
Schweitzer 2%

[Mr. Morden]

Favorability for the Republicans, among Republican voters:

Huckabee 65/14% for +51%
Paul 58/15% for +43%
Bush 49/22% for +27%
Cruz 43/21% for +22%
Christie 47/29% for +18%

It's a familiar pattern with Christie that we've seen in other polls: He has the worst favorability among Republican voters in the field, but favorability isn't the same as support.  He still manages to top the field in actual support to be president.  Same thing happened with Romney in many of those early polls for 2012.

[IceSpear]

RIP Social Security, Medicare, progressive taxation and legal abortion.

Oh, please. Christie is A Very Serious Candidate with Common Sense Solutions to our Economic Challenges Going Forward. Clearly the only Sensible Thing to do for Socially Moderate Fiscal Conservatives is to vote for Chris Christie in 2016.

Christie has governed somewhat responsibly in NJ, but that's only because of the Democratic assembly keeping him in check. Give him a Congress full of teabaggers and he'll be the next Pat McCrory (i.e. a puppet).

[Mr. Morden]

fav/unfav of the Dem candidates among Democrats:

Clinton 85/11% for +74%
Biden 72/15% for +57%
Kerry 66/17% for +49%
Warren 46/15% for +31%
Dean 33/25% for +8%

On the GOP side, who leads among….?

moderates: Christie
somewhat conservative: Christie
very conservative: Cruz
men: Christie
women: Christie
age 18-45: Christie
age 46-65: Christie/Cruz tie
age 65+: Huckabee