Likely Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s favorability is down against other possible 2016 contenders in critical swing states following the recent controversy involving the use of her personal email, but she is performing better than most potential Republican candidates, a new poll revealed. In Florida, the country’s largest swing state, former Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican weighing a presidential bid, leads Clinton 45-42 in a hypothetical 2016 matchup, according to the Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Tuesday. Another close race was in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky had 45% to Clinton’s 44%. The Swing State Poll focuses on Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania because no candidate has won the presidential race without taking at least two of these three states since 1960. Clinton prevailed over Paul, 46% to 41%, in Ohio. Read more http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-down-matchups-potential-2016-contenders
