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Jeb Bush Leads 2016 GOP Presidential Hopefuls In A New CBS Poll

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush still leads a packed field for the 2016 GOP Presidential nomination

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush leads the 2016 Republican presidential leads a long list of hopefuls and it will no doubt be a very competitive battle for the nomination. Meanwhile, Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton holds an unsurprising lead for the Democrats, even though most voters would like to see her face strong competition, according to a CBS poll released Sunday.

Bush remains as he has for most of 2015 the very early GOP front runner with 51 percent of respondents saying they would vote for him, but there are a number of big names closing in led by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with 42 percent. Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida trail them with 39 percent of voters’ support.

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who formally announced his presidential bid Monday, is next with 37 percent. Seven other Republicans follow.

Over on the Democratic side, Clinton has 81 percent of respondents saying they’ll vote for her, well ahead of Vice President Joe Biden’s 38 percent.

There are only four contenders on the Democratic side with Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is an independent in the Senate.

Despite having such a strong foothold, 66 percent want to see strong competition against Clinton in the primary.

Despite the controversy regarding her private email server appears to have had no affect on her favorability, as she held 81 percent of voters’ support in February. Once again Clinton followers see the GOP ganging up on her and they don’t seem to be swayed by either the email issue or the Benghazi controversy.  

James Williams: Jim Williams is the Washington Bureau Chief, Digital Director as well as the Director of Special Projects for Genesis Communications. He is starting his third year as part of the team. This is Williams 40th year in the media business, and in that time he has served in a number of capacities. He is a seven time Emmy Award winning television producer, director, writer and executive. He has developed four regional sports networks, directed over 2,000 live sporting events including basketball, football, baseball hockey, soccer and even polo to name a few sports. Major events include three Olympic Games, two World Cups, two World Series, six NBA Playoffs, four Stanley Cup Playoffs, four NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship Tournaments (March Madness), two Super Bowl and over a dozen college bowl games. On the entertainment side Williams was involved s and directed over 500 concerts for Showtime, Pay Per View and MTV Networks.
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