Christie and Clinton are still the top picks for their party’s tickets. | AP Photos 2016 poll: Christie, Clinton still king

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are the top picks for their party’s tickets in 2016, a new poll shows.

Twenty-four percent of Republicans and independents who lean Republican, say they would likely support Christie for the GOP nomination, according to a CNN poll released Friday.


CNN reports support for Christie, who won reelection in a landslide victory earlier this month, is up 7 percentage points from September.

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Christie extended his lead among other GOP contenders with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul trailing Christie at 13 percent, followed by Rep. Paul Ryan at 11 percent, and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 10 percent the only other Republican White House hopefuls to get double-digit support, CNN reports.

With 9 percent of the vote is Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has 7 percent, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum each have 6 percent.

For the Democrats, Clinton has an overwhelming lead with 63 percent of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic saying she would be their top choice for the nomination.

Coming at a distant second is Vice President Joe Biden with 12 percent, followed by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren with 7 percent, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo with 5 percent and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley with 2 percent.

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However, if Clinton were not to run, support for Biden climbs to 43 percent.

The CNN/ORC poll was conducted from Nov. 18-20 and surveyed 843 adult Americans, including 418 Republicans and independents who lean Republican, and 374 Democrats and independents who lean Democratic. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, with a margin of error of plus of minus 5 percentage points for the questions addressed to Democrats or Republicans, respectively.