Hillary Clinton Running Strong in 2016 Florida Poll

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be strong in Florida if she runs for president in 2016 according to a poll from Quinnipiac University released on Thursday morning.

Clinton dominates the Democratic field, getting 64 percent. Vice President Joe Biden stands in distant second with 11 percent followed by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., with 6 percent. None of the other candidates break 1 percent.

The poll, which samples more Democrats than Republicans, has Clinton easily besting the various Republican hopefuls. Former Gov. Jeb Bush does best against Clinton but still loses by 8 percent, while U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., trails by 12 percent. Clinton runs over the other Republicans, beating U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey by 18 percent apiece, routing U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., by 20 percent, and walloping U.S. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by 26 percent.

The poll of 1,413 registered Florida voters was taken from April 23-28 and had a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percent. The sample of 501 Democrats was taken in the same period and had a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percent.