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Bombastic US billionaire Donald Trump handily leads all fellow Republicans in the 2016 presidential race, but Hillary Clinton and other Democrats easily trump him in head-to-head matchups, a poll said.
Trump plunged into the crowded Republican nomination battle last month, and has since uttered insults about Mexican immigrants and caustic jabs at rivals that have kept campaign media attention focused squarely on the trash-talking real estate mogul.
He now leads the 17-candidate Republican field with 20 percent support.
Following him were conservative Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker with 13 per cent and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, the son and brother of two presidents, with 10 per cent, according to results of a national survey released Thursday by Quinnipiac University.
No other Republican topped six per cent.
Trump’s negatives are sky-high, however. He led the “no way” list, with 30 per cent of Republicans saying they definitely would not support him.
“They love him and they hate him,” said Quinnipiac University Poll assistant director Tim Malloy.
“He is on fire in his own party,” but Clinton would “crush him” and other Democrats including Vice-President Joe Biden, who is not even a candidate, would prevail against Trump, Malloy said.
“So he’s running away with it on one side but if today were election day, Donald Trump would not be president.”

Ex-secretary of state Clinton leads rival Democrats overwhelmingly with 55 percent support among Democratic voters, according to the poll.
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders is second with 17 percent, while Biden earns 13 percent.
All three lead Trump in hypothetical matchups, with Clinton ahead 48-36 percent, Biden 49-37 and self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist Sanders easily besting the billionaire, but 45-37 per cent, according to Quinnipiac.
Clinton matchups against other Republicans are toss-ups. She nips Walker 44-43, but trails Bush 41-42, poll results showed.
Quinnipiac said its July 23-28 poll of 1,644 registered voters has a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points.
Trump has made a big splash in two closely-watched states that vote early in the party primary process: New Hampshire and Iowa.
An NBC/Marist poll released Sunday had Trump with a seven-point lead in New Hampshire and two points behind the leader in Iowa.
A CNN/ORC poll put Trump at the front of the Republican pack with 18 per cent, and Bush in second with 15 per cent.
Trump roiled the presidential race and sent the Republican establishment into convulsions last month when he described some Mexican immigrants as criminals and “rapists.”
On Wednesday, he told CNN he would deport millions of undocumented workers if he were president but would let the “good ones” re-enter to live in the country legally.
Several Republican Party leaders have spoken out against Trump and his comments, but many ordinary voters frustrated with Washington have expressed appreciation for his blunt talk.
Malloy said Trump’s name recognition is a huge factor early in the campaign.
“He has an airplane, he has buildings with his name, he has golf courses, he has beauty pageants... Trump is everywhere and has been everywhere for a long time,” Malloy said.
“Everybody knows who he is... That’s a huge asset.”


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