Poll Found Democratic Candidates Garnering More Support Than Republican Rivals
Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 6:00am
(WPR)---Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would have a hard time getting Wisconsin's vote in a general election, according to the latest Wisconsin Survey.
The GOP frontrunner is behind both Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the latest poll, released on Wednesday. Both Democrats would win by a double-digit margin against Trump if a hypothetical, head-to-head race were held today.
The survey found 52 percent of respondents said they'd back Sanders while 33 percent said they would support Trump. If the race were between Clinton and Trump, she won 46 percent of the vote while Trump got 33 percent.
The survey, which polled registered voters in Wisconsin, also showed Sanders with a 10-point lead over another Republican presidential candidate, Ted Cruz, in a hypothetical race. Sanders nabbed 50 percent while Cruz had 40 percent.
Charley Jacobs, a St. Norbert College political scientist, said Clinton only has a 1-point lead over Cruz according to the poll, so her campaign might hope for a Trump win in the GOP contest.
"It may be that these data, at least as we see them in Wisconsin, may be beneficial if Trump gets in the race and stays in the race rather than Cruz because as it stands now, Hillary seems to be the likely Democratic nominee for the party, and it's certainly a very close race when you put Cruz up against Hillary Clinton," he said.
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