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General Public Is Not Thrilled Over Either Party's Candidates

Posted on the 21 January 2016 by Jobsanger
General Public Is Not Thrilled Over Either Party's Candidates
The chart above was made from information contained in a new Pew Research Center survey. That survey was done between January 7th and 14th of a random national sample of 2,009 adults, and has a margin of error of 2.5 points (with the margin of error for Democrats at 4.3 points and Republicans at 4.2 points).
It shows that while a majority of Democrats and Republicans think their two leading candidates would make a good president, the general public is not convinced. About 64% of Democrats think Clinton would be a good president and 50% think Sanders would. About 56% of Republicans think Trump would be a good president and 53% think Cruz would.
But no candidate gets close to a majority thinking they would be a good president among the general public. Clinton has the highest percentage (35%), followed by Trump (31%), Sanders (30%), and Cruz (28%), Carson (26%), and Rubio (24%). The other candidates score only in the teens (including Jeb Bush).
It looks like both parties have a long way to go to convince Independents that their eventual candidate would be a good president.

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