2016 Presidential Election Polls: University Voting Indicates That Hillary Clinton Has Edge Over Gov. Chris Christie (Video)
A national poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday reportedly projected that Democrat Hillary Clinton would win over any of the top three Republican candidates for the 2016 Presidential Election.
According to the Quinnipiac University website, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came in second in the voting that included a total of three Democrats and three Republicans that were each chosen by the institution for the national poll.
The poll indicated that Vice President Joseph Biden and Gov. Andrew Cuoco wouldn't fare nearly as well. Biden is projected to lose to Christie, struggle against Republican Paul Ryan and prevail over Republican Marco Rubio.
The voting results go on to state that Clinton would topple Christie via 45 percent to 37 percent margin, beat Rubio 50 percent to 34 percent and also be prevail over Ryan by a larger amount.
"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would start a 2016 presidential campaign with enormous advantages," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "She obviously is by far the best known and her more than 20 years in the public spotlight allows her to create a very favorable impression on the American people. But it is worth nothing that she had very good poll numbers in 2006 looking toward the 2008 election, before she faced a relative unknown in Barack Obama."
The poll numbers also show Christie receiving 43 percent compared to Biden's 40 percent and that he also beat Cuomo's 45 percent to 28 percent. Biden prevailed over Rubio via 45 percent to 38 percent margin.
"Although some Republicans don't think New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie is conservative enough for their taste, he runs best of the three Republicans testes and would defeat two of the top Democrats. He obviously is doing better than the Democrats' rising star, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, despite other indications of anti-Republican sentiment," Brown added.
Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,944 registered voters with a margin of error of +/-2.2 percentage points from Feb. 27 until March 4.
