a new national poll shows vice president biden faring better than hillary clinton in match-ups against top republican presidential candidates, as the vp weighs jumping into the race -- and meets thursday with a top labor leader.









fox news has learned that biden is meeting later in the day with afl-cio president richard trumka. this comes after he met last weekend with liberal icon, massachusetts sen. elizabeth warren.









he's making the rounds amid a flurry of polls showing clinton potentially vulnerable. the latest quinnipiac university national poll shows clinton polling better than biden <u+2013> who is not a declared candidate <u+2013> in the democratic primary race. but the poll gives biden the slight edge when squared against leading gop contenders.









"note to biden: they like you, they really like you, or they like you more than the others,<u+201d> tim malloy, assistant director of the quinnipiac university poll, said in a statement.









the poll shows biden leading republican front-runner donald trump, 48-40 percent. he also leads former florida gov. jeb bush, 45-39 percent.









the former secretary of state also edges those candidates, but not by as much. she leads trump 45-41 percent; she leads bush 42-40 percent.









both candidates narrowly lead florida sen. marco rubio. the survey comes on the heels of another showing biden running strong in head-to-head match-ups against republicans in key swing states.









biden continues to weigh a potential bid, as clinton struggles with the controversy over her personal email and server, and faces eroding poll numbers. the quinnipiac poll showed her with her worst favorability rating yet <u+2013> with only 39 percent holding a favorable view of her, compared with 51 percent who don<u+2019>t.









clinton weighed in on the biden rumors wednesday, saying in iowa that, <u+201c>he should have the space and the opportunity to decide what he wants to do.<u+201d>









<u+201c>i<u+2019>m going to be running for president regardless,<u+201d> she added.









the quinnipiac poll of 1,563 registered voters was conducted aug. 20-25. it has a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
poll gives biden edge over clinton against gop candidates; vp meets with trumka
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