Trump is top Republican for president

HAMDEN — Donald Trump is the clear leader for the republican nomination in the race for president, but he still trails the Democratic contenders by wide margins, according to a new poll released Thursday morning by Quinnipiac University.
At 20 percent, Trump has a seven point lead over Scott Walker.
Hillary Clinton is the top Democrat with 55 percent, and Bernie Sanders has 13 percent.
In a general election match up of Clinton versus Trump, Clinton would win 48 — 36, the poll says.
If the election were held today, the poll says, Republican voters would choose:

• Donald Trump 20%
• Scott Walker 13%
• Jeb Bush 10%
• Ben Carson 6%
• Rand Paul 6%
• Marco Rubio 6%
• Mike Huckabee 6%
• John Kasich 5%
• Ted Cruz 5%
• Chris Christie 3%
• Bobby Jindal 2%
• Rick Perry 2%
• Carly Fiorina 1%
• Lindsey Graham 1%
• George Pitaki 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• 13 percent said they didn’t know or they wouldn’t vote.

If the election were held today, the poll says, Democratic voters would choose:

• Hillary Clinton 55%
• Bernie Sanders 17%
• Joe Biden 13%
• Martin O’Malley 1%
• Jim Webb 1%
• 13 percent said they didn’t know or they wouldn’t vote.

It should be noted that Vice President Biden has not declared interest in running for president.