POLITICO: Vice President Joe Biden has the best favorability rating among top 2016 contenders in either party, and he would run a little better than Hillary Clinton in the general election, according to a new Quinnipiac University national poll released Thursday that also shows Donald Trump increasing his lead in the GOP race.
Biden, who has not made his intentions known about a third bid for the White House, earned a net favorability of 77 points among Democrats. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio led Republicans with a net rating of 69. (Among all registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson led the field with a net positive rating of 20.)
Matched against Trump in a hypothetical general election matchup, the veep came out on top, 48 percent to 40 percent. Against Bush, he prevailed, 45 percent to 39 percent; and against Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, he got 44 percent to the senator’s 41 percent… (more)
