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Former secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Florida governor Jeb Bush. (AP)
At this point, a CNN/ORC poll sees a Clinton-Bush family rematch in next year’s presidential election.
Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush lead the Democratic and Republican fields at this point, and Clinton holds general election leads over all the potential GOP opponents, according to the national poll released Wednesday.
Also near the top of the Republican nomination race: Donald Trump.
Clinton, whose husband Bill defeated President George H.W. Bush in the 1992 election, leads other Democratic challengers by more than 40 percentage points, according to CNN.
The former first lady, senator and secretary of State is backed by 57% of Democrats, the poll says, well ahead of Vice President<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Biden (16%), Bernie Sanders (14%), Jim Webb (2%), and Martin O’Malley and Lincoln Chafee (each less than 1%).
In the crowded Republican race,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bush polls at 19%, followed by Trump (12%), <span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mike Huckabee (8%), Ben Carson (7%) and Rand Paul (7%).
Two other highly publicized candidates — Scott Walker and Marco Rubio — are both at 6%, tied for sixth place. CNN notes that “both had been top five candidates in each of the last two CNN/ORC polls, and Walker had been in the top five since February.”
CNN also reports:
“Looking ahead to the general election, Clinton continues to hold significant leads over Bush (54% Clinton to 41% Bush) and (Chris) Christie (56% Clinton to 37% Christie).2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, 2016<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
“She has also opened up wide leads over Rubio (56% Clinton to 39% Rubio) and Walker (57% Clinton to 38% Walker), as those two have slipped among independents.
“Clinton’s clearest advantage, however, is over Donald Trump, 59% say they would vote for Clinton if the 2016 match-up were between her and Trump, 34% say they would back Trump.”
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