HAMDEN — Donald Trump is the clear leader for the republican nomination in the race for president, but he still trails the Democratic contenders by wide margins, according to a new poll released Thursday morning by Quinnipiac University.
At 20 percent, Trump has a seven point lead over Scott Walker.
Hillary Clinton is the top Democrat with 55 percent, and Bernie Sanders has 13 percent.
In a general election match up of Clinton versus Trump, Clinton would win 48 — 36, the poll says.
If the election were held today, the poll says, Republican voters would choose:
- Donald Trump 20%
- Scott Walker 13%
- Jeb Bush 10%
- Ben Carson 6%
- Rand Paul 6%
- Marco Rubio 6%
- Mike Huckabee 6%
- John Kasich 5%
- Ted Cruz 5%
- Chris Christie 3%
- Bobby Jindal 2%
- Rick Perry 2%
- Carly Fiorina 1%
- Lindsey Graham 1%
- George Pitaki 1%
- Rick Santorum 1%
- 13 percent said they didn’t know or they wouldn’t vote.
If the election were held today, the poll says, Democratic voters would choose:
- Hillary Clinton 55%
- Bernie Sanders 17%
- Joe Biden 13%
- Martin O’Malley 1%
- Jim Webb 1%
- 13 percent said they didn’t know or they wouldn’t vote.
It should be noted that Vice President Biden has not declared interest in running for president.
