U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush are bumping heads in three critical swing states — Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania — after a recent Quinnipiac University Swing State poll was conducted.
The swing state poll released Thursday found that in Florida Rubio received 36% in votes, compared to Bush who received 33% in votes. In Ohio, Rubio received 17% in votes, compared to Bush who received 20% in votes. And in Pennsylvania, Rubio received 24% in votes, while Bush received 18% of votes.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich continues to have the upper hand in Ohio — the third critical swing state — with a vote of 19%, according to the poll.
Based on the recent polling, Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll, pointed out that it is not certain yet who the “clear leader” in these swing states might be within these coming 2016 presidential elections.
With so many candidates in the GOP party, one thing can be certain though Brown added, “The GOP presidential race is clear as mud.”
Although Rubio leads the poll with two primary swing states, Bush is only 3-6 percentage points away from votes away. The same goes for Rubio as Bush takes the lead in Ohio votes — as Rubio is only 3 percentage points away in votes.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker received a total of 15% of votes in each of the three swing states, according to the poll.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted June 4-15 and had a total of 3,308 voters in all three primary states — Florida had 1,147 voters, Ohio had 1,191 voters and Pennsylvania had 970 voters. The margin of error for the republican votes in Florida is plus or minus 4.6 percentage points, plus or minus 4.7 percentage points in Ohio and plus or minus 4.9 percentage points in Pennsylvania.