--- title: 2016 Poll: Governor Scott Walker and Jeb Bush Holding Steady Among GOP description: Though the new NBC News/Marist poll shows Republican field is wide open canonical: https://time.com/3710536/2016-election-jeb-bush-scott-walker-hillary-clinton/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-15T21:15:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:23.823Z article:section: Politics og:title: 2016 Poll: Governor Scott Walker and Jeb Bush Holding Steady Among GOP og:description: Though the new NBC News/Marist poll shows Republican field is wide open og:url: https://time.com/3710536/2016-election-jeb-bush-scott-walker-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ab2fed75585c059/69877f64e53aba58b84d79a3/ap642706163901.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Jeb Bush og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2016 Poll: Governor Scott Walker and Jeb Bush Holding Steady Among GOP twitter:description: Though the new NBC News/Marist poll shows Republican field is wide open twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ab2fed75585c059/69877f64e53aba58b84d79a3/ap642706163901.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New 2016 Polls Show No Clear Leader Among GOP Pack > Sponsored content. 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Paul Sancya—AP by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Feb 15, 2015 9:15 PM UTC A trio of new polls suggest former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would beat out Republicans Jeb Bush and Scott Walker in three key states if the election were held today — but show a GOP field that is still wide open. According to the new polls from [_NBC News_ and Marist](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2016-polls-show-clinton-leads-key-states-gop-field-wide-n306106), Clinton would beat former Florida governor Jeb Bush by 8 points in Iowa and 6 points in New Hampshire. In South Carolina, however, Clinton leads Bush by only 3 points, garnering a nod from 48% of potential voters compared with Bush’s 45%. In two of the three states, Clinton also would lead over Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, though both tied with 46% of the vote in South Carolina. But the polls found at least seven possible Republican candidates for President have support in the double-digits in either Iowa, South Carolina or New Hampshire. Only Bush and Walker have support in the teens in all three states. On the Democratic side, the field is much more one-sided. Clinton is the clear leader in all three states, with an advantage of 50 points over Vice President Joe Biden in Iowa alone. The [NBC/Marist polls](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2016-polls-show-clinton-leads-key-states-gop-field-wide-n306106) were conducted of an average of 885 voters from Feb. 3 to Feb. 10\. 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