Poll Results: Bad Political Choices

April 14, 2016, 7:58 PM GMT+0

These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed April 12-14, 2016 on bad political choices. The margin of error is 4.2%.

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Thinking about the presidential election this year, will you probably:
Vote for the Democratic candidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32%
Vote for the Republican candidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26%
Wait to see who the candidates are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23%
Not vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%

If you disliked the [respondent’s political party] party’s nominee for president so much that you wouldn’t vote for [him or her], what would you do?
Asked Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who lean toward either of the major parties
Vote for the [the other political party] party’s candidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9%
Vote for an independent candidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35%
Not vote at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%

Are there any individuals on this list that you could NOT SUPPORT as the Democratic nominee?
Asked of Democrats and Independents who lean toward Democrats
Could not support Hillary Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21%
Could not support Bernie Sanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
I could support both of them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The worst Democratic candidate for president is still better than the Republican candidates.
Asked of Democrats and Independents who lean toward Democrats
Strongly agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48%
Somewhat agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
Somewhat disagree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9%
Strongly disagree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%

Are there any individuals on this list that you could NOT SUPPORT as the Republican nominee? Select all that apply.
Asked of Republicans and Independents who lean toward Republicans
Could not support Ted Cruz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27%
Could not support John Kasich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25%
Could not support Donald Trump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28%
I could support all of them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The worst Republican candidate for president is still better than the Democratic candidates.
Asked of Republicans and Independents who lean toward Republicans
Strongly agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51%
Somewhat agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
Somewhat disagree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11%
Strongly disagree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%

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