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06-23-2014, 10:15 AM
Clinton leads GOP field in Iowa, but Christie is inching back: poll
If the 2016 presidential election were held today, Hillary Clinton would have the edge on any of her possible Republican challengers in Iowa, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds. But New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose star was dimmed considerably by the so-called "Bridgegate" scandal, is inching back into the 2016 picture, the poll results show.
According to the results of the survey released Monday, Christie trails the former secretary of state by 8 points (44 percent to 36 percent) in Iowa. In March, the same poll found Christie down 13 points in the theoretical 2016 matchup. In December, before the scandal broke, Christie led Clinton by 5 points (45 percent to 40 percent); in July 2013, Clinton and Christie were tied at 41 percent.
Meanwhile, Iowa voters give Clinton a 52 percent to 41 percent favorability rating, compared to a 36 percent to 34 percent disapproval rating for the New Jersey governor.
"Things are getting a bit better in Iowa for [Christie]," Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll, said in a release accompanying the poll. "But the Republican contender, who was ahead of Clinton in Iowa before 'Bridgegate' took him down several pegs, still has a ways to go."
http://news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-christie-poll-quinnipiac-132328896.html
If the 2016 presidential election were held today, Hillary Clinton would have the edge on any of her possible Republican challengers in Iowa, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds. But New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose star was dimmed considerably by the so-called "Bridgegate" scandal, is inching back into the 2016 picture, the poll results show.
According to the results of the survey released Monday, Christie trails the former secretary of state by 8 points (44 percent to 36 percent) in Iowa. In March, the same poll found Christie down 13 points in the theoretical 2016 matchup. In December, before the scandal broke, Christie led Clinton by 5 points (45 percent to 40 percent); in July 2013, Clinton and Christie were tied at 41 percent.
Meanwhile, Iowa voters give Clinton a 52 percent to 41 percent favorability rating, compared to a 36 percent to 34 percent disapproval rating for the New Jersey governor.
"Things are getting a bit better in Iowa for [Christie]," Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll, said in a release accompanying the poll. "But the Republican contender, who was ahead of Clinton in Iowa before 'Bridgegate' took him down several pegs, still has a ways to go."
http://news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-christie-poll-quinnipiac-132328896.html