The 2016 election is just around the corner and the latest NBC News Poll, released today, shows presumed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton with a double digit lead over her leading Republican rival at the moment, Chris Christie.
As reported by NBC, the poll
“confirms an early reality check on 2016: 1) GOP remains divided… 2) Dem Party is pretty unified around Hillary Clinton… And 3) Democrats continue to benefit from the same demographic trends that helped Obama in ’08 and ’12.”
The GOP Remains Divided:
According to the poll, about one-third of the Republican repondents (32%) said they would vote for Christie, one-third preferred another Republican candidate (31%), and the remaining one-third undecided. Taken altogether, that means that 68% of the Republicans polled did not support a Christie candidacy.
The Democratic Party Is Unified Behind Clinton:
Of the Democratic or Democratic-leaning respondents, two-thirds (66%) said they would support Clinton in a presidential primary, about one-third (34%) indicated they would not support her candidacy yet, and only 14% said they would vote for another Democratic candidate.
Democrats Continue To Benefit From The Same Trends Favoring Obama In ’08 and ’12:
The poll also showed Democrats “continue to benefit from demographic trends that will be difficult for the GOP to overcome in 2016.” To that end, the poll shows Clinton leading Christie by a margin of 44% to 34% in a “hypothetical matchup.”
Lookout GOP – may I introduce the NEXT president of the United States.
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