Monmouth National Poll: Hillary Clinton leads GOP candidates by 4-16 points

[Mr. Morden]

Cruz down 16 when nobody knows who he is says a lot.  The unknown "Generic Republican" which beat Obama in all the polls, which the GOP couldn't find in 2012, is now down by double digits.

Unknown candidates tend to poll poorly, well behind "Generic Republican" or "Generic Democrat" in most cases.  I really wouldn't read much into this.

[Mr. Morden]

Clinton 43%
Christie 39%

Clinton 47%
Rubio 36%

Clinton 47%
Bush 37%

Clinton 48%
Cruz 32%

favorability/unfavorability among all voters:
Christie 49/20% for +29%
Clinton 52/38% for +14%
Ryan 41/33% for +8%
Rubio 33/26% for +7%
Paul 34/28% for +6%
Bush 39/38% for +1%
Cruz 22/24% for -2%
Cuomo 24/29% for -5%
Walker 14/21% for -7%
Santorum 24/34% for -10%
Biden 35/51% for -16%
Palin 26/61% for -35%


favorability/unfavorability among their own party:
Clinton 85/10% for +75%
Biden 60/26% for +34%
Cuomo 31/22% for +9%

Ryan 76/6% for +70%
Bush 76/14% for +62%
Rubio 64/4% for +60%
Paul 51/12% for +39%
Christie 54/18% for +36%
Cruz 40/12% for +28%
Palin 56/29% for +27%
Santorum 46/20% for +26%
Walker 30/9% for +21%

As in most polls, Christie's favorability is extremely broad-based.  He's +36% among Republicans, but also +34% among Independents, and +13% among Democrats.

Clinton is also popular, but she relies on her huge numbers among Democrats (+75%) to offset her poor numbers among Republicans (-65%).

[Mr. Morden]

The survey also asks what word comes to mind when they hear the name of each of the following.  The top results:

Hillary Clinton
corrupt, dishonest 8%
presidential ambitions 8%
intelligent, smart 6%
party, ideology 6%
Bill Clinton 6%

Chris Christie
weight, fat 7%
New Jersey, job as governor 6%
party, ideology 6%
I like him 5%
honest, straightforward 5%

Rubio
I like him 5%
Latino heritage 4%
young 4%
party, ideology 4%
dishonest, opportunist 4%
I dislike him 4%

Jeb Bush
Bush family 23%
I like him 8%
Florida, governor 6%
dishonest, corrupt 5%
I dislike him 5%

Joe Biden
I like him 10%
Vice President 9%
not smart 9%
not taken seriously, crazy, blowhard 8%
I dislike him 7%