Hillary Clinton currently has a grip on the Democratic nomination, according to a new poll.
Clinton is winning a commanding 75 percent of the vote nationally, 60 points ahead of her nearest challenger, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who took 15 percent. Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb is at 4 percent and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley scored 2 percent. Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee recorded no support in the poll.
Ninety-two percent of Democratic voters said they could see themselves supporting Clinton for the nomination, according to the Wall Street Journal/ NBC poll. Other announced Democratic hopefuls fell far behind, with only 40 percent saying they could see themselves supporting Sanders, 12 percent open to supporting O’Malley and 6 percent willing to support Chafee.
Clinton excels among women under 50 and Latinos, two of her target demographics. Yet 62 percent of voters said they would like to see another Democrat challenge her in the primaries.
Among hypothetical match-ups with Republican candidates, Clinton still holds her lead. When paired up against former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Clinton leads 48-40, and her lead increases against Sen. Marco Rubio, 50-40. Clinton holds the largest hypothetical lead against Scott Walker: 51-37.
The survey, which sampled 1,000 adults from June 14-18, found that Americans are evenly split on whether they would prefer a Republican or Democrat in office.
