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Donald Trump, Ben Carson first and second in latest Florida presidential poll

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The latest Public Policy Poll survey released Tuesday shows that, as is the case in virtually every other poll in the country right now, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson are the top two favorites of Republican presidential primary voters in Florida, more than four months before the first votes start counting. Trump and Carson’s ascendancy is bad news for Florida native sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, who now reside in third and fourth place, respectively in the new…

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Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton, 44-37 percent, in New Hampshire

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For the first time in the 2015-2016 Democratic presidential primary campaign, independent Vermont socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in a public opinion poll, 44-37 percent. The survey was conducted by Franklin Pierce/and the Boston Herald. Vice President Joe Biden got 9 percent support in the test primary match-up. The other announced Democrats in the race, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and former Virginia Gov. Jim Webb, barely register at 1 percent or below. The survey is…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.5.15 — Hillary Clinton is struggling, but is Joe Biden really the answer?

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Maybe the presidential race will be what some fantasize/dread has always been the inevitable challenge — a Jeb Bush v. Hillary Clinton throwback contest of dueling 60-somethings. But it doesn’t look like it in early August of 2015. Forget about Jeb’s misstatements, which are starting to pile up. Let’s look deeper at some of Hillary’s numbers. A Wall Street Journal poll shows Clinton losing support with her supposed base — white women, whose numbers are supposed to make up for the reduction of…

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Hillary Clinton 55 percent, Bernie Sanders 29 percent in Florida, according to new poll

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Hillary Clinton continues her dominance in Florida in the Democratic presidential primary, according to a St. Pete Polls survey released on Thursday. The former first lady, secretary of state and New York senator leads Vermont independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, 55 percent-29 percent. No other Democrat gets more than 2 percent in the poll. That would be former Virginia U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, who is officially at 1.8 percent. Clinton and Sanders will both be in Florida on Friday, speaking at the National Urban…

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New poll has Donald Trump leading nationally – another has him up in NH and close in Iowa

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A week-and-half before the first major Republican presidential debate takes place , Donald Trump continues to be the biggest phenomenon in the race. A new CNN/ORC national poll has Trump leading the field with 18% support. Jeb Bush is just behind at 15%, within the poll’s margin of error. They’re joined at the top by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who gets 10 percent support. None of the other 14 candidates in the race get double-digit support in the national survey. And Trump is also running…

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New poll has Jeb Bush up big over Marco Rubio in Florida

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Jeb Bush leads Marco Rubio 28 to 16 percent in Florida in a Mason-Dixon poll released today via Politico’s Marc Caputo. That’s a significant drop-off in support for Rubio in Florida. In a previous survey conducted by Mason-Dixon nearly three months ago, the two Miami-Dade County residents were virtually tied, with Bush up 31-30 percent over Rubio. The biggest benefactor of Rubio’s drop in Florida appears to be Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who officially announced his presidential candidacy on July…

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New PPP survey says Jeb Bush ‘continues to really struggle with voters on the right’

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A national poll released by Public Policy Polling on Wednesday afternoon shows Donald Trump leading the field of GOP presidential contenders, but his descent may be beginning. Trump leads the field with 19 percent, followed closely by Scott Walker at 17 percent. Jeb Bush was next at 12 percent, Marco Rubio and Dr. Ben Carson at 10 percent, Mike Huckabee at 8 percent, with Ted Cruz, Carly Florina and Rand Paul at 4 percent. John Kasich and Chris Christie are at 3 percent,…

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