Swing-state poll shows Joe Biden’s appeal

POLITICO: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sit atop their respective parties’ primary polls in the swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Since 1960, no presidential candidate has won without taking at least two of these three states.

But in hypothetical general-election matchups in all three states, Vice President Joe Biden performed as well or better than Clinton against the top Republican candidates, outpacing even The Donald. (Biden has not made a decision on entering the race, though speculation has been hot in recent weeks.)

Then again, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio polled better against Clinton, Biden or Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders than did Trump… (more)

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