--- description: But NBC News/WSJ poll says she would trounce Trump title: Hillary Clinton Would Lose to Marco Rubio, Poll Finds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9d910908097458c/6988752a3c1639968245b2bd/clinton2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Clinton Would Lose to Rubio or Carson in 2016, Poll Finds by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2015 1:08 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okl. ,Dec. 11, 2015. Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okl. ,Dec. 11, 2015.Nick Oxford—Reuters by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2015 1:08 PM CUT Hillary Clinton would defeat Ted Cruz and trounce Donald Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head general election matchup, but she would lose to Marco Rubio or Ben Carson, [a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A%5FPolitics/15564%20NBCWSJ%20December%20Poll%20%28AM%2012-14-15%20Release%29.pdf "undefined") Clinton, who leads the Democratic primary field by nearly 20 points, would have a strong advantage over Trump with independent voters but would be bested by the three other Republicans with the important swing group. The poll, conducted Dec. 6-9, shows Clinton getting the support of 56 percent of Democrats, compared to 37 percent who back Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and 4 percent who back former Maryland Gov. Martin … [Read more from our partners at _NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/nbc-poll-clinton-would-trounce-trump-lose-rubio-carson-n478676 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4147399/hillary-clinton-nbc-news-rubio-carson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4147399/hillary-clinton-nbc-news-rubio-carson/"},"headline":"Clinton Would Lose to Rubio or Carson in 2016, Poll Finds","datePublished":"2015-12-14T13:08:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:20:24.429Z","description":"But NBC News/WSJ poll says she would trounce Trump","url":"https://time.com/4147399/hillary-clinton-nbc-news-rubio-carson/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9d910908097458c/6988752a3c1639968245b2bd/clinton2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9d910908097458c/6988752a3c1639968245b2bd/clinton2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton","caption":"Hillary Clinton","creditText":"Nick Oxford—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4147399/hillary-clinton-nbc-news-rubio-carson/","name":"Clinton Would Lose to Rubio or Carson in 2016, Poll Finds"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Raw: Hillary Clinton Lays Out Military Strategy","description":"Clinton calls for AUMF","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Fkox6dGb/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-19T17:08:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Fkox6dGb.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4147399/hillary-clinton-nbc-news-rubio-carson/","duration":"PT1M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4147399/hillary-clinton-nbc-news-rubio-carson/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```