NATIONAL Quinnipiac Poll: KASICH BEATS CLINTON; SANDERS BEATS EVERYBODY
POLL: KASICH BEATS CLINTON; SANDERS BEATS EVERYBODY, Posted: Thu 8:10 AM, Feb 18, 2016
TOLEDO (13abc Action News) - He's not expected to do well this weekend in South Carolina, but Ohio Governor John Kasich's presidential bid may be catching steam nationally. A new Quinnipiac University poll says if the Governor got the Republican nomination for president he would beat potential democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, 47 percent to 39 percent.
But in the same poll, Kasich loses to potential democratic nominee, Senator Bernie Sanders. In fact, pollsters say Senator Sanders would beat all the potential G-O-P candidates in a head-to-head match-up.
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February 18, 2016 - AMERICAN VOTERS FEEL THE BERN In November Matchups, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Spoiler Alert - Bloomberg Hurts Sanders More
American voters back Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont over Republican candidates by margins of 4 to 10 percentage points in head to head presidential matchups, according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released today. The closest Republican contender is Ohio Gov. John Kasich who trails Sanders 45 - 41 percent.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton trails or ties leading Republicans in the November face-off, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds. If former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg jumps into the race as a third party candidate against Sanders and Donald Trump or Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, Bloomberg would hurt Sanders more than either Republican.
Sanders has the highest favorability rating of any candidate and the highest scores for honesty and integrity, for caring about voters' needs and problems and for sharing voters' values. He ties Clinton and Trump on having strong leadership qualities and falls behind Clinton and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on having the right kind of experience to be president.
"It's certainly Sen. Bernie Sanders' moment. The Vermont firebrand leads all potential GOP rivals in raw numbers and raw emotion with the best scores for favorability and several key character traits," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. "The candidate running best against Sanders is Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and he's in fourth place with 6 percent in the Republican presidential pack, unlikely to make it to the main event. "Sanders has a lackluster 51 percent favorability rating, but that's better than all the rest. Most of the top candidates have negative scores."
*Presidential matchups among American voters show: 
Sanders over Trump 48 - 42 percent;
Sanders tops Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas 49 - 39 percent;
Sanders leads Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida 47 - 41 percent;
Sanders beats Bush 49 - 39 percent;
Sanders edges Kasich 45 - 41 percent.
Clinton with 44 percent to Trump's 43 percent;
Cruz with 46 percent to Clinton's 43 percent;
Rubio topping Clinton 48 - 41 percent;
Bush at 44 percent to Clinton's 43 percent;
Kasich beating Clinton 47 - 39 percent. If Bloomberg mounts a third party run, results are:
Sanders and Trump tied 38 - 38 percent, with 12 percent for Bloomberg;
Sanders tops Cruz 39 - 33 percent, with 14 percent for Bloomberg.
Sanders' leads among key independent voters range from 45 - 35 percent over Kasich to 52 - 33 percent over Cruz. By comparison, Clinton's best score among independent voters is 42 percent to Trump's 40 percent. Sanders' leads among women range from 9 to 16 percentage points. Men are generally divided except in the Sanders-Bush matchup where the Democrat leads by 6 percentage points. Clinton's leads among women range from a tie to a 9-percentage point edge over Trump. Men vote anyone but Clinton by margins of 8 to 16 percentage points.
*American voters give Sanders a 51 - 36 percent favorability. Kasich gets a 35 - 18 percent favorability with Rubio at a split 39 - 3. All Other scores are negative:
37 - 58 percent for Clinton;
37 - 57 percent for Trump;
36 - 45 percent for Cruz;
21 - 26 percent for Bloomberg;
37 - 48 percent for Bush.
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From February 10 - 15, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,342 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and the nation as a public service & for research.*Cont: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2324
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I have no clue why they think he's liberal. Maybe because he doesn't speak in tongues like Cruz and Carson. 
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http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1240738:...what are Republicans repulsed by Trump more likely to do? Stay home, or hold their noses and vote for him, Hillary -- or Bernie?
But now I have another question: what would those numbers look like if Hillary were male?
rocktivity
P.S. Though I'm the first to warn that polls should always be taken with a pillar of salt, this one fulfills my credibility benchmarks of a minimum of 750 respondents and a maximum three percent margin of error.
