These charts show the results of the presidential preference survey done by the NBC News / Wall Street Journal -- between June 14th and 18th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, with a margin of error of 3.1 points (margin of error for Democrats is 6.24 points and Republicans is 6.38 points).
The really good news is in the chart above. It seems that a significant majority of Americans (58%) view Hillary Clinton as a moderate. I know those on both the left and the right want to think most Americans agree with them, but the truth is that most voters are moderates and they want to vote for moderates. Candidates viewed as extremists (on both the left and right) scare them.
Hillary Clinton needs to still be viewed as a moderate when the primaries are over. That will help her in the general election, since the Republican candidates will all probably brand themselves as extremists in order to please their base (the teabaggers and evangelicals).
I know many on the left are hoping if Bernie Sanders can't win, that he will at least much Clinton to the left. But she needs to be very careful about that, because she shouldn't enter the general election labeled a leftist. She should only embrace those progressive ideas that a majority of the population supports.
The charts below show the support for the candidates in each party. Bush seems to have gotten a small bump since declaring his candidacy, but several others are still within striking distance of him. For the Democrats, this poll shows Clinton still has a huge lead (60 points over Sanders, who is in second place).
