A new NBC News/Marist poll concludes Democrats are overwhelmingly ready for Hillary Clinton to run in 2016, but the general electorate is not as enthused.
Lee Miringoff, who runs the Marist Poll, argued this point during an appearance on MSNBC’s Daily Rundown Thursday.
"The issue for Hillary Clinton is that the Democrats are really ready for Hillary, but the rest of the country not so. So when you look at Iowa and New Hampshire, states that Barack Obama carried both times, well, she's below 50 and running even with someone like Rand Paul who, as you say, is largely unknown nationally at this point. Not a good sign for Hillary Clinton," Miringoff said.
NBC News reports:
But if Clinton looks like an unbeatable juggernaut in the Democratic presidential race – if she runs, of course – she appears more vulnerable in a general-election contest.
In the presidential battleground state of Iowa, Clinton is tied with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. (45 percent to 45 percent), and leads New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie by just 1 point (44 percent to 43 percent).
In hypothetical general-election match ups in New Hampshire, Clinton is ahead of Paul by 3 points (46 percent to 43 percent), Christie and Bush by 5 points (47 percent to 42 percent), Walker by 9 points (48 percent to 39 percent) and Cruz by 13 (51 percent to 38 percent).