Jeb Bush and Rand Paul Beat Joe Biden But Hillary Clinton Tops Them All

Submitted by Anonymous on May 31, 2013 - 8:11am

A new poll shows Hillary Clinton crushing Jeb Bush and Rand Paul in possible 2016 match-ups but does show the two Republicans beating out Joe Biden.

Quinnipiac University released a poll on Friday showing Clinton beating Paul, 49 percent to 41 percent. She holds a similar lead over Bush, besting him 48 percent to 40 percent. Bush defeats Biden, 44 percent to 38 percent, while Paul leads the vice president 43 percent to 39 percent.

The poll finds a majority -- 52 percent -- of those surveyed with a favorable view of Clinton while 40 percent see her unfavorably. Biden is upside down with only 37 percent seeing him as favorable and 44 percent as unfavorable.

The Republican hopefuls are much more unknown than either of the Democrats. While 32 percent see Paul as favorable and 24 percent as unfavorable, 42 percent dont know enough abut him to have an opinion. The same percentage dont know enough about Bush while 29 percent see him as favorable and the same percentage view him as unfavorable.

"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains the queen of the 2016 Hill at this point, but the wide gap between her and some of the leading Republican contenders on favorability may be closing, as her overall favorability has taken a hit," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, on Friday. "Her score is down substantially from her all-time high score in February. The drop in her favorability is substantial among men, Republicans and independent voters. One reason for her drop may be that 48 percent of voters blame her either a little or a lot for the death of the American ambassador in Benghazi.

"If Ms. Clinton chooses not to run in 2016, the potential Democratic field could include a somewhat unpopular vice president and a number of new faces who are unknown to the vast majority of Americans," said Brown. "The potential Republican candidates include many unknowns also. Some of them, however, lead the incumbent vice president and outscore him when it comes to overall voter favorability."

The poll of 1,419 registered voters was taken from May 22-28 and had a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percent.

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