Huckabbe Leads In Iowa , Paul Leads in New Hampshire and Hillary Leads Everywhere
September 21 , 2014 - Midterm elections will be held on Tuesday November 4 this year. That will make Wednesday November 5
the start of the 2016 presidential race. To get to the November 2016 presidential election a potential White House contender will first have to win their parties presidential nomination. While former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to dominate in the early key states of Iowa and New Hampshire , on the Republican side a clear front runner had yet to emerge.
A recent poll of Iowa voters showed former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leads with 21%. Huckabee is no stranger to Hawkeye voters as he won the Iowa Republican presidential caucus in 2008. Currently in second place is Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan with 12% followed by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky with 7%. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are both tied with 6%.
Rounding out the GOP contenders in Iowa is Texas Governor Rick Perry and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida both with 5%, 
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Louisianan Governor Bobby Jindahl with 4% each and the winner of the 2012 Republican Iowa Caucus former Senator Rick Santorum with 3%.
A look at the 2016 Republican presidential primary at the moment shows a far different and more clouded picture. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky currently leads his fellow Republicans with 15%. Next up is Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan both with 10%. Unlike Iowa where Huckabee is clearly the front runner, in New Hampshire he is mired in the pack at 9% as is the chief executive of the Garden State Christie.
All stuck in a three way tie at 7% are Perry, Rubio and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. In the bottom tier of candidates are Cruz at 6% , followed by Santorum and Jindahl both at 3%.
On the Democratic side of the playing field , Hillary Clinton continues to lead her potential challengers by a wide measure.
In Iowa Clinton polls 53% followed by Vice President Joe Biden at 15%, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts with 7% ,
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont with 5%, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with 3% and bringing up the rear Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley with 2%.
In New Hampshire, where her husband in 1992 President Bill Clinton earned the nickname the "come back kid" Hillary Clinton is favored by 60% of those polled. Her closest competitor is Warren at 11%, Biden at 8%, Sanders at 7% and Cuomo and O'Malley both at 1%.
Between November 5 2014 and January 1, 2015 will be decision time for a lot of these candidates to decide if they will officially mount a presidential campaign. For a good number of these candidates listed in these polls actually becoming president nevermind even winning their parties presidential nomination seems like an extreme long shot.
While it might seem that these polls are including all potential White House hopefuls it is possible that there is a candidate out there who could emerge to win their parties nomination and ultimately even the White House itself.
New Poll Finds Clinton and Cuomo Would Beat Christie In New York
August 20, 2014 - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may live right next door to New York, but a new poll shows in a potential November 2016 presidential match up he would be beaten in the Empire State by either former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Clinton , a former United States Senator from New York, has the support of 54% of those polled compared with just 34% for Christie, a 20 point gap.
Native New Yorker Cuomo would beat his fellow Governor Christie 47% to 37%.
When other Republican White House contenders are measured against Cuomo they fare far worse than did Christie.
Cuomo would beat Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky 55% to 31% and out distance former Florida Governor Jeb Bush 53% to 30%.
Clinton would trounce Paul 61% to 30% and she would beat Bush 60% to 29%.
Latest Poll Shows Chrisite and Bush Tied
August 17, 2014 - Latest 2016 Republican presidential race shows a tie between New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Christie and Bush each poll 13% , followed by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas with 10%.
The remainder of the GOP field is Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan and Senator Marco Rubio both at 9%. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and Texas Governor Rick Perry with 7% each followed by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker with 4%, former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania with 3% and Louisianan Governor Bobby Jindal at 2%.
In potential head to head November 2016 general election match ups former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads all Republican challengers as follows:
Clinton 47% vs. Christie 41% , Clinton 48% vs. Bush 41% , and Clinton 48% vs. Paul 42%.
In the crucial battleground state of Ohio , Clinton also leads all challengers as follows: Clinton 46% vs. Christie 37%, Clinton 46% vs. Paul 42% and Clinton 48% vs. Bush 37%.
New 2016 Poll Shows Clinton Far Ahead, Republicans In Tight Race
July 10, 2014 - The latest 2016 presidential poll shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to dominate the Democratic field , while potential Republicans White House contenders are grouped together in an apparent tight race.
Clinton received 58% of those polled. Her closest competitor is Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts with 11%. The remaining Democratic rooster is Vice President Joe Biden with 9% , New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with 4% , Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley with 1% and Senator Senator Brain Schweitzer of Montana also with 1%.
On the Republican side Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has 11%, followed by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush , former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie all at 10%.
The next tier of GOP White House hopefuls is Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, Senator Ted Cruz and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walter all locked in at 8%.
The remaining tier of Republicans is Senator Marco Rubio of Florida at 6%, Texas Governor Rick Perry at 3%, former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania at 2% and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal at 1%.
In potential November 2016 general election match up the results are as follows:
Clinton 47% Christie 38%. Clinton 49% Paul 40%. Clinton 48% Bush 41%. Clinton 48% Ryan 41%. Clinton 49% Huckabee 40%.
In other Republican news , the GOP selected Cleveland , Ohio to be the site of the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Romney Leads in 2016 New Hampshire Primary Presidential Poll
June 20, 2014 - In a surprising development former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Republican Party Presidential nominee Mitt Romney is leading in a new poll on the 2016 New Hampshire Presidential Primary.
Romney easily bests the other potential GOP White House contenders with 24% of those polled. His closest competitor is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who comes in at a distance 9%.
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky comes in at 8%, followed by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at 7%, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman at 5%, and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida at 4%.