Clinton would beat Trump, fall to Rubio or Cruz — poll

1 March 2016, 3:15 pm

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Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would handily beat Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, in a presidential election – 52% to 44%, and 55% to 43%, respectively – a new CNN/ORC poll says as Super Tuesday voting begins in a dozen states.

However, should Marco Rubio Trump best Trump in the Republican race, he would pose a far more formidable foe to Clinton, winning 50% of the popular vote to her 47%, the poll says.

Ted Cruz would also mount a stronger challenge to Clinton, who is predicted to win the Democratic nomination, and would edge her 49% to 48%.

But Sanders, the poll finds, would beat not only Trump but Rubio (53%-45%) and Cruz (57%-40%) as well.