Democrats Ahead In State Headed Into 2016: Statewide Poll

Hillary Clinton is bedeviled in the “other” Washington by media critics and Republicans’ politically driven Benghazi investigation, but she leads all prospective Republican challengers by a 10-15 point margin in a poll of Washington state voters. The survey by Public Policy Polling shows Democrats in pretty good shape going into 2016, in a state they’ve carried in seven straight presidential elections, in eight consecutive runs for governor and six straight contests for U.S.