In a potential 2016 race, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul would beat former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Colorado.

According to the Quinnipiac University poll, Paul would succeed Clinton by 48 percent to 43 percent.

Paul also scored a higher favorability among other possible GOP candidates like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Overall, his favorability rating is 41 percent with an unfavorability rating of 30 percent in the state. While Huckabee had a 37 percent favorability and a 30 percent unfavorability, Chrisitie and Bush both received higher unfavorability rankings than of favorability.

For Clinton, participants demonstrated a 48 percent in favorability and 47 percent of unfavorability.

As speculation continues for possible Democratic and Republican candidates for the next presidential election, the poll gives insight on what voters want, especially in a state that was significant to the last election, according to POLITICO.

The survey also demonstrates that Paul is surpassing other potential GOP candidates among winning young voters, scoring 43 percent among 18-to-29-year-olds -- the same as Clinton.

Additionally, he scored higher among independents that Clinton, 48 percent to 37 percent.

The survey was conducted on April 15 to 21 with 1,298 registered voters on landlines and cell phones with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.