CNN Poll taken 7/18-7/20 of 1,012 adults by Telephone
Republican nomination:
Chris Christie leading possible Republican candidates at 13% followed by Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee at 12% and Rick Perry and Paul Ryan at 11%. Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are next at 8%
Christie and Perry show the biggest gain since their February 2014 poll gaining 3%.
Marco Rubio had the biggest decline from 9% to 6%.
All of these moves are within the poll’s +/- 4.5% sampling error
| July 18-20 | May 29-June 1 | May 2-4 | Mar. 7-9 | Jan. 31-Feb. 2 | |
| Christie | 13% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 10% |
| Paul | 12% | 14% | 13% | 16% | 13% |
| Huckabee | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 14% |
| Perry | 11% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 8% |
| Ryan | 11% | 10% | 12% | 15% | 9% |
| Bush | 8% | 12% | 13% | 9% | 10% |
| Cruz | 8% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Rubio | 6% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 9% |
| Walker | 5% | 5% | 7% | NA | NA |
| Santorum | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Someone else | 6% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 8% |
| None/No one | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No Opinion | 3% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 4% |
No surprise the Hillary Clinton leads by a long shot here at 67%.
What has changed in the last few months has been the emergence of Elizabeth Warren (10%) as the #2 candidate ahead of Joe Biden (8%).
Warren had the biggest improvement in the poll since September 2013 improving by 3% while Biden has decreased by 2%.
July 18-20 Nov. 18-20 Sept. 6-8
2014 2013 2013
Clinton 67% 63% 65%
Warren 10% 7% 7%
Biden 8% 12% 10%
Cuomo 4% 5% 6%
O’Malley 2% 2% 2%
Someone else (vol.) 6% 6% 4%
None/No one (vol.) 2% 3% 5%
No opinion 1% 3% 2%
Romney vs. Obama and Romney vs. Clinton:
One interesting question is if there was an election today, who would you vote for, Romney or Obama? Romney wins 53% to 44%.
Similar question with Romney vs. Clinton. Clinton wins 55% to 42%
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