Story highlightsDonald Trump edges ahead of Jeb Bush in FloridaJoe Biden runs as well or better than...

1. Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush in Florida
Story highlightsDonald Trump edges ahead of Jeb Bush in FloridaJoe Biden runs as well or better
than Hillary Clinton against Republicans in three swing statesTrump is leading the GOP presidential
primary race in Florida with 21% of support compared to Bush's 17%, according to a Quinnipiac
University poll released Thursday. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio also trails both Trump and Bush, tying
retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson with 11% among registered Republican voters.
The Quinnipiac survey also shows Vice President
Joe Biden, who is still mulling a presidential run,
is running equal to or better than Hillary Clinton
against the top Republican contenders in Florida,
Ohio and Pennsylvania, three key general election
swing states.
Biden came out ahead of Trump, the Republican front-runner, by 3 points in Florida, 10 points in
Ohio and 8 points in Pennsylvania.
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Clinton, by contrast, trails Trump by two points in
Florida and leads the businessman by 5 points in Ohio
and 5 points in Pennsylvania, according to the poll.
Despite their front-runner status, Trump and Clinton
top the list of candidates with the worst favorability
ratings in the three swing states. They are also perceived as the least honest and trustworthy of all

2. the candidates in those states; more than half of voters in the three states have a negative view of
Clinton and Trump.
In Pennsylvania, Trump came out ahead of the rest of the GOP field, registering 24% of support --
double digits ahead of his closest competitors Bush and Rubio who notched 13% and 10%,
respectively, according to the Quinnipiac poll.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich retained his home state advantage with 27% of support, according to the poll,
but Trump trails closely behind with 21%.
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