Breitbart: Sen. Rand Paul Sweeps Polls, Fares Best with Independents Against Hillary Clinton

[randomname]

This almost sounds like it was written by the campaign, very positive piece:

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Sen. Rand Paul Sweeps Polls, Fares Best with Independents Against Hillary Clinton
by Alex Swoyer - 2 Jun 2015

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) swept the competition in recent polls, which also indicates he is the best Republican candidate to go head to head against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

In fact, independent voters — often the votes that swing an election one way or the other — overwhelmingly prefer Paul over Clinton, according to a previous Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. “Unlike the other Republicans, Mr. Paul significantly outpolled Mrs. Clinton among independent voters, by 45%-37%, reported The Wall Street Journal.

Not only are polls indicating independents overwhelmingly support Paul, but so do several national surveys comparing him to fellow GOP candidates in key states.

An ABC/Washington Post Poll has Paul tied for first place in the Republican primary with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is not yet an official candidate but is expected to announce later this summer.

Paul is tied for second with fellow GOP candidate Dr. Ben Carson for the Iowa caucus in a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register Poll.

Paul is faring well in New Hampshire, where the top Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton has spent much of her time campaigning.

Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire Poll has Paul in first place for the New Hampshire primary.

“A recent PPP Poll showed Sen. Paul is in first place in the New Hampshire Republican Primary and performs best against Hillary compared to all other candidates,” touted Paul’s campaign in an email to supporters.

Not only is Paul in first place in New Hampshire, but he is also in first in the state of Washington.

Independent voters also have Paul leading Clinton in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and Pennsylvania.
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More: http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...llary-clinton/

[libertyplz]

Nice was literally just about to post this myself. From the article (only some of it, positive so deserves the clicks)

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)93%
swept the competition in recent polls, which also indicates he is the best Republican candidate to go head to head against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

In fact, independent voters — often the votes that swing an election one way or the other — overwhelmingly prefer Paul over Clinton, according to a previous Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. “Unlike the other Republicans, Mr. Paul significantly outpolled Mrs. Clinton among independent voters, by 45%-37%, reported The Wall Street Journal.

[CaptUSA]

Drudged it. You should, too!

“Unlike the other Republicans, Mr. Paul significantly outpolled Mrs. Clinton among independent voters, by 45%-37%, reported The Wall Street Journal.

Not only are polls indicating independents overwhelmingly support Paul, but so do several national surveys comparing him to fellow GOP candidates in key states

[thoughtomator]

insert sparkly Ron "It's Happening" graphic here

[CaptUSA]

Comments are entirely favorable as well. Even for those who are not "Paulites"

[Ronin Truth]

Independents are most usually the decisive factor in the elections for POTUS.

[georgiaboy]

nice!

[RichardAlpert]

Drudged it. You should, too!

sent it to Drudge as well.

[CPUd]

[Brian4Liberty]

Sen. Rand Paul Sweeps Polls, Fares Best with Independents Against Hillary Clinton
by Alex Swoyer - 2 Jun 2015

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) swept the competition in recent polls, which also indicates he is the best Republican candidate to go head to head against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

In fact, independent voters — often the votes that swing an election one way or the other — overwhelmingly prefer Paul over Clinton, according to a previous Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. “Unlike the other Republicans, Mr. Paul significantly outpolled Mrs. Clinton among independent voters, by 45%-37%, reported The Wall Street Journal.

Not only are polls indicating independents overwhelmingly support Paul, but so do several national surveys comparing him to fellow GOP candidates in key states.

An ABC/Washington Post Poll has Paul tied for first place in the Republican primary with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is not yet an official candidate but is expected to announce later this summer.

Paul is tied for second with fellow GOP candidate Dr. Ben Carson for the Iowa caucus in a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register Poll.

Paul is faring well in New Hampshire, where the top Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton has spent much of her time campaigning.

Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire Poll has Paul in first place for the New Hampshire primary.

“A recent PPP Poll showed Sen. Paul is in first place in the New Hampshire Republican Primary and performs best against Hillary compared to all other candidates,” touted Paul’s campaign in an email to supporters.

Not only is Paul in first place in New Hampshire, but he is also in first in the state of Washington.

Independent voters also have Paul leading Clinton in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and Pennsylvania.
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More: http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...llary-clinton/

[mello]

He needs to hammer this point when an interviewer,opponent, or pundit says that he is unelectable because of what he did with the Patriot Act.

[georgiaboy]

Definitely worth more than one bump-able thread.

bump!

[Warlord]

Rand needs to get the nomination. time for us to step up

[rich34]

And just to add, I'd say at this point you probably have a maximum of 5% of the republican voter base in these head to head matchups that are either voting "undecided" or possibly even for Hillary out of spite. This would explain why someone like Rubio is only 1 or 2 points down to her without getting the independent votes. If Rand does indeed win the nomination these people will eventually come around to supporting Paul because they couldn't live with themselves voting for Hillary. So his lead is probably actually larger than what is being picked up in the polling and could be by quite a bit imo. I know this is obvious, but I think it gives a little better breakdown as to why.