--- title: Hillary Clinton Leads Republicans, But Not Ben Carson description: Her advantage over Marco Rubio, however, is within the survey's margin of error canonical: https://time.com/4098770/hillary-clinton-republican-matchups/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-03T23:30:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:56.268Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Leads Republicans, But Not Ben Carson og:description: Her advantage over Marco Rubio, however, is within the survey's margin of error. og:url: https://time.com/4098770/hillary-clinton-republican-matchups/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e469abbc4610431/69886f838e0601977c463279/carson-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: carson-clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Leads Republicans, But Not Ben Carson twitter:description: Her advantage over Marco Rubio, however, is within the survey's margin of error. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e469abbc4610431/69886f838e0601977c463279/carson-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Tops GOPers in Poll—Except Carson > Sponsored content. 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Left: Ben Carson speaks at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood on Oct. 29, 2015; Right: Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sept. 22, 2015. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images; Charlie Neibergall—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Nov 3, 2015 11:30 PM UTC If the presidential election were held today, Hillary Clinton would beat several Republican opponents but not Ben Carson. According to an NBC News/_Wall Street Journal_ poll of national voters released Tuesday, Clinton bests real estate mogul Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, but is tied with Carson at 47 percent. Clinton did best against Trump, leading 50 percent to 42 percent among registered voters. Her other leads aren’t as pronounced. Clinton bests Bush by four points, 47 percent to 43 percent, and Rubio by three points, 47 to 44\. Those are both close tot he poll’s margin of error of +/- 3.4 points. Hypothetical matchups with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders against Trump and Rubio showed similar leads. The NBC/WSJ poll took place Oct. 25-29, with 847 registered voters reached by live-caller via landline and cell phone. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points. **Read Next:** [_Ben Carson Takes Lead in GOP National Race_](http://time.com/4098308/ben-carson-poll/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4098770/hillary-clinton-republican-matchups/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4098770/hillary-clinton-republican-matchups/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Tops GOPers in Poll—Except Carson","datePublished":"2015-11-03T23:30:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:56.268Z","description":"Her advantage over Marco Rubio, however, is within the survey's margin of error","url":"https://time.com/4098770/hillary-clinton-republican-matchups/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Sen. Marco Rubio","Polls","Bernie Sanders","jeb bush","Polling","Donald Trump","Dr. Benjamin S. 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