Add another first place poll to Donald Trump’s resume, this time in Connecticut.
The businessman leads in the race for the Republican nomination in Nutmeg State, but does trail in matchups with the top Democratic candidates, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
Trump is supported by 34 percent of registered Republicans in Connecticut, followed by retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson with 14 percent and businesswoman Carly Fiorina at 11 percent, the poll found.
All other GOP candidates only garner single-digit support, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 7 percent and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with 6 percent each.
Despite the lead, 25 percent of those Republican surveyed said they would “definitely not” support Trump, which is the highest negative for any candidate. Bush reached 22 percent with the same question.
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads with the support of 37 percent of registered Connecticut Democrats, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 25 percent and Vice President Joe Biden at 18 percent.
If Biden choses to stay out of the 2016 race, Clinton’s support rises to 47 percent, while Sanders’ goes up to 29 percent. The vice president does perform the best in hypothetical general election match-ups against GOP candidates, holding an 11-point lead over Carson, a 17-point lead over Fiorina and an 18-point edge over Trump.
Clinton leads Carson by 2 points, Fiorina by 5 points and Trump by 7 points.
However, 16 percent of Democrats asked said they would “definitely not” vote for front-runner Clinton.
Sanders, a socialist who has emerged as Clinton’s top challenger in the Democratic race, also does well against Republican candidates in the state, leading Carson by 3 points, Fiorina by 5 points and Trump by 9 points.
The telephone-based poll of roughly 1,700 registered voters was conducted Oct. 7-11 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percent. The poll of 464 Republicans and 610 Democrats has margins of error of plus or minus 4.6 points and plus or minus 4 percent, respectively.
The Connecticut presidential primary is scheduled for April 26 for both parties.
