Quinnipiac poll: Rand Paul leads GOP candidates at 17%, Christie 13%, Rubio 12%

[jct74]

Ted Cruz tied for fifth place at 10%.

Poll: Paul leads GOP presidential pack

By Mario Trujillo
10/02/13 09:07 AM ET

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) narrowly leads the pack of potential GOP contenders in 2016, according to a new poll.

If the GOP presidential primary were held today, 17 percent of GOP voters would elect Paul, according to a new Quinnipiac Poll released Wednesday. He leads among Tea Party Republicans as well with 22 percent.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie rates second with 13 percent, followed by Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) with 12 percent and Jeb Bush with 11 percent. Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) garner 10 percent. Nineteen percent of Republicans are undecided.

Rubio’s numbers have dropped 7 percent since an April survey.

The numbers contrast with a Democratic affiliated Public Policy Polling survey released last week that showed Cruz surging after his 21-hour floor speech against ObamaCare. Cruz closely trails Paul among Tea Party voters, taking 20 percent.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/326049-poll-paul-leads-gop-presidential-pack



2a. (If Republican or Republican Leaner) If the Republican primary for President were being held today, and the candidates were Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz, for whom would you vote?


Paul 17%
Christie 13%
Rubio 12%
Bush 11%
Ryan 10%
Cruz 10%
Walker 4%
Jindal 3%


http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institute...titute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1959


From September 23 - 29, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,497 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.

 

[jct74]

also has head to head matchup with Hillary (Rand 36%, Hillary 53%), and favorable/unfavorable ratings for Rand (30%/33%).

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institute...titute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1959

 

[brandon]

This is a national poll. Here it is:

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/us/us10022013_er9hjp.pdf/

 

[jtstellar]

it's like the same christie+rubio 25% that insisted on romney no matter what he did

and guess what.. probably the same number responsible for head to head deficit against hillary cus they would rather an establishment democrat gets into the office. i have no qualms if that is the bloc we eventually fail to sway

 

[FSP-Rebel]

 

[CPUd]

it's like the same christie+rubio 25% that insisted on romney no matter what he did

and guess what.. probably the same number responsible for head to head deficit against hillary cus they would rather an establishment democrat gets into the office. i have no qualms if that is the bloc we eventually fail to sway

I believe the 25% Romney was all about the hair.

 

[KingNothing]

I believe the 25% Romney was all about the hair.

Hey, say what you will about Mitt, he was a bright guy with an impressive resume from the private sector. He looked and acted presidential. He was freaking robotic and safe. If you think the president should be a manager-in-chief with business acumen, and I'm sure a lot of Republican voters feel that way, it's hard to find a better candidate than Willard. Consider that he was up against slime balls like Santorum and Gingrich, blithering idiots like Perry, Cain and Bachmann, and our man who the Party Bosses would never tolerate, and it's easy to see why a quarter of the voters were loyal to him.

 

[georgiaboy]

Hey, say what you will about Mitt, he was a bright guy with an impressive resume from the private sector. He looked and acted presidential. He was freaking robotic and safe. If you think the president should be a manager-in-chief with business acumen, and I'm sure a lot of Republican voters feel that way, it's hard to find a better candidate than Willard. Consider that he was up against slime balls like Santorum and Gingrich, blithering idiots like Perry, Cain and Bachmann, and our man who the Party Bosses would never tolerate, and it's easy to see why a quarter of the voters were loyal to him.

high school.

 

[klamath]

It is going to be hard to break the inevitability of the Hillary presidency. A good line for Rand in the debates would be. "Has there been a war in the last 20 years this women DIDN'T support? With all the conflicts in the world there WILL be one President Hillary will involve the US in. Is that what you want for the future?

 

[rich34]

Shit if Rand can win the nomination I'll take our chances against Hillary any day. Sure the polls may not look good now, but wait till after the first debate when Rand destroys her and these polls will be tighter than a banjo string never played and hotter than a billy goats butt in a jalapeno pepper patch! IMO Rand can take more support from her than she can him plus the indies will break way more for Rand than they did for Romney over Obama.

 

[jtstellar]

It is going to be hard to break the inevitability of the Hillary presidency. A good line for Rand in the debates would be. "Has there been a war in the last 20 years this women DIDN'T support? With all the conflicts in the world there WILL be one President Hillary will involve the US in. Is that what you want for the future?

lol you know what

if the same liberals who voted obama over hillary because of the iraq war stance are now willing to turn around and vote for a war candidate, the same one they abandoned years ago, the total destruction alone by hypocrisy of the myth somehow liberals are for a more noble cause is worth a lot of things.

i doubt anybody in the progressive movement with a quasi brain can get over the fact that they elected someone who favored the iraq war, and progressive movement will fracture. there is already plenty of hypocrisy to go around, but iraq war is the epitome of difference between obama and bush and essentially the last thing they're hanging on, since everything else is the same. it reminds them of dick cheney and donald rumsfeld. if that narrative is gone i think some liberals will genuinely have a mental breakdown

 

[RabbitMan]

If Rand can figure out a way to appeal to moderates on environmental policy, the rest of his ideas are gold. The racist moniker aside, the number one thing people legitimately bash him for was defending BP during the oil spill.

 

[Brett85]

So I guess the PPP poll that had Cruz in 1st was just total B.S?

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

So I guess the PPP poll that had Cruz in 1st was just total B.S?

It wasn't B.S. It was a temporary surge due to the fact that the poll was conducted right in the midst of the wall-to-wall Cruz coverage on the media. It was always going to fade back into reality. It's like those bumps of support a GOP/Democratic nominee gets during their four days of non-stop RNC/DNC reporting.

 

[helenpaul]

this is great news. how can 12% be brain dead and support rubio?

 

[jct74]

r123 I moved your posts to a new split thread, please see note about off topic posts.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...neocon-in-libertarian-clothing-(split-thread)

 

[asurfaholic]

I thought the govt was shut down...

Guess the troll department is still open

 

[klamath]

lol you know what

if the same liberals who voted obama over hillary because of the iraq war stance are now willing to turn around and vote for a war candidate, the same one they abandoned years ago, the total destruction alone by hypocrisy of the myth somehow liberals are for a more noble cause is worth a lot of things.

i doubt anybody in the progressive movement with a quasi brain can get over the fact that they elected someone who favored the iraq war, and progressive movement will fracture. there is already plenty of hypocrisy to go around, but iraq war is the epitome of difference between obama and bush and essentially the last thing they're hanging on, since everything else is the same. it reminds them of dick cheney and donald rumsfeld. if that narrative is gone i think some liberals will genuinely have a mental breakdown

It was Hillary that pushed Bill into the Bosnian war. she supported the Kosovo war. And from what I have read she was the on behind the three day bombing campaign to destroy the WMD's in Iraq right during the impeachment vote. She supported the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, and Libyan war. I don't specifically recall any comments but I bet she was all behind the Syrian war. There isn't a war she didn't like. She is more hawkish than bush because he didn't support the wars in the Balkans.

 

[klamath]

If Rand can figure out a way to appeal to moderates on environmental policy, the rest of his ideas are gold. The racist moniker aside, the number one thing people legitimately bash him for was defending BP during the oil spill.

No people don't have a legitimate reason to attack Rand on BP. Obama's comments were flat out jack booted thuggery. And environmentalism is the current philosophy that is being used to destroy more freedom than any other. Environmentalism is the heart and soul of WORLDWIDE government controls on EVERYTHING.

 

[rich34]

She is more hawkish than bush because he didn't support the wars in the Balkans.

Or so he says, that's like Obama saying he really didn't support going into Iraq, simply because he wasn't in congress at the time to vote on it. I'd bet my ass if both were in a position to cast a vote to support either or both wars, both men would be in favor because that's what they are. Warmongers...