This thread title says "Part VI", because five other reports precede it, but not necessarily all of them here at this forum.
The report is VERY large and you can find it at my politics blog:
Statistikhengst's ELECTORAL POLITICS - 2013 and beyond: 2016 GE: Hillary Clinton vs. GOP Field, Part VI
At that link to my pollitics blog, a link to an
EXCEL TABLE that has every polling matchup bis dato, recorded and hyperlinked.
In report no. VI, you will see:
1.) the number of polls for Hillary vs. prospective GOP candidates, to-date, also by wins/losses/ties.
252 polls.
2.) the number of matchups for Hillary vs. prospective GOP candidates, to-date.
861 matchups.
Both of those data sets are also broken down into national polls/matchups and state polls/matchups.
3.) the number and names of all
33 polling instititutions that have conducted polling for 2016 to-date.
4.) the number and names of all
24 prospective GOP candidates who have been polled, by state, divided into three tiers.
5.) A screenshot example of how the excel table looks and how to interpret the values correctly. LOTS of data is provided in the EXCEL TABLE, as I said, all of it sourced per hyperlink. The excel table also has FAV/UFAV numbers and most (but not all) DEM nomination numbers in addition to the matchups. Also, survey group size, type of voters, MoE, the usual but necessary stuff.
6.) An analysis based on 6 key points: the Quintifecta, the "Clinton 6 states", former Battlegrounds that are already showing penumbra for Hillary or moving toward the GOP, some "bastion" states, national polling and my "wish-list".
There are tables and maps also embedded in the report, for reference.
I quote from the beginning of the report:
This report is NOT here to proclaim that Hillary is going to win, no matter what. This report IS continuing a baseline that I started to build 2 years ago. That being said, it shows amazing consistency in polling for the former First Lady of the USA, former Senator from the great state of New York and former Secretary of State of the USA. This report simply shows the numbers, ALL of the numbers. Until October of 2015, I will not be calculating any polling averages, unless of course an avalanche of polling starts in key states. Some Conservatives express displeasure when they see such a report, but they are being short-sighted: a baseline is only valuable when you see ALL of it, meaning, that should Hillary's fortunes change, we will be able to record that as well. Again, these are just the numbers, as they are right now.
And from the end Facit:
Facit: it's Hillary's election to have, if she wants it. If she declares (and I am more than reasonably sure she will declare), then she is the prohibitive front runner both for her party's nomination and also against any and all comers from the GOP.
Factors working against the GOP are the fact that Obama literally cemented Virginia into the Democratic column by winning the state not just once, but twice, against all conventional wisdom, and current polling is showing this state to be a solidly blue state. This GOP is going to have to fight to regain this state, which means less time, money and resources for other states, like Ohio and Pennsylvania.....If Hillary only wins the states that were common DEM states between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, then she is already at 290 EV (shown in the Clinton 6 link above, here is the link again). I see a real possibility for Hillary Clinton to go slightly over 400 EV in 2016. States like Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota and even Alaska could become battlegrounds. North Carolina WILL be a battleground.
Those are the current polling statistics. Update in May/June 2015.
What the report does not do is to discuss issues or their impact on any campaigns. It simply shows the numbers, and believe me, there are a whole lot of them.
Because a major poll from Pennyslvania should come out in the next days, it will be a good way to compare new data to this now very large baseline.
I encourage you to go read the
entire report before commenting. Believe me, GOP statisticians are looking at these numbers just as hard as I or any other hard-core electoral buffs. Plenty of food for thought in the report.
-Stat