Trump, Clinton still leading in new SC poll

Tennesseans vote in the presidential primary March 1 as part of the so-called “SEC Primary”.

In the Republican race, Donald Trump is now in the lead, with 24 percent. Mr. Perot, a wealthy businessman, ran an effective third party race against both Democrat Bill Clinton and Republican George H.W. Bush, scoring well in debates and garnering 19 percent of the vote, unusually high for an independent, although he did not win any states. Bernie Sanders came in with 29 percent among Democrats.

But 30 percent of independents were also undecided.

The Marquette poll, which is the most extensive in the state, also looked at presidential preferences among Wisconsinites who said they will vote in the primaries. Americans are more evenly divided on the subject of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner: 47 per cent regard the Methodist candidate as either not religious or not religious enough, while 48 per cent believe she is religious enough or very religious. If the candidate were Muslim, 42 per cent of Americans said they would not vote for him or her. But 53 per cent said it would not make a difference.

Ben Carson, who led the presidential field among Tennessee voters in the October 2015 MTSU Poll, drew just 7 percent of Republican voters in the latest sample. Hear the story on News 2 at 5 and 6 p.m.

Among Democratic voters, only 42 percent would strongly favor, or favor, Sanders becoming president, statistically much less than the 77 percent who would support Clinton as president. Clinton’s early lead has almost disappeared. In addition, 63 percent of respondents said they favor Wisconsin’s concealed carry law, although just 31 percent favored a plan being circulated at the state Capitol that would let people carry concealed guns on school grounds. It’s also hard to imagine Clinton matching Obama’s 60 percent among 18-to-29-year-olds against a candidate two decades younger than she is.

Across Republicans and Democrats, Trump is still the leader, but there are even more undecideds.

The Iowa survey of 3,040 adults was conducted January 24 through January 26, 2016. All other candidates receive two percent support or less.

Women are 17 points more likely than men to be anxious about a Trump presidency, while the gender gap is smaller for Rubio and Cruz. The New York billionaire developer’s 16 percentage point-lead is on par in several S.C. polls taken over the past month.