Posted on 01/14/2016 6:30:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Going into tonight's debate in Charleston the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll has some interesting numbers. Donald Trump is still holding, and even expanding, his following but in a one on one matchup with Ted Cruz he comes off second behind Cruz but beats Rubio is all the others are disregarded. This is along the lines of what we have been predicting all along. Trump may be leading a multi-candidate pack but he has never polled enough to actually win the nomination. Thus, it is going to be interested when the field is whittled down and the delegates are selected proportionally. If we had to bet right now, we would put our money (both quarters) on Cruz. Here are the numbers:
Donald Trump has more than doubled his national lead in the Republican presidential race ahead of Thursday night's GOP debate here, according to the results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Trump is the first choice of 33 percent of national Republican primary voters - his highest percentage in the poll. He's followed by Ted Cruz at 20 percent, Marco Rubio at 13 percent and Ben Carson at 12 percent. Chris Christie and Jeb Bush are tied at five percent. No other Republican presidential candidate gets more than 3 percent.
Trump's 13-point lead over Cruz is an increase from last month, when he held a five-point advantage over the Texas senator, 27 percent to 22 percent.
Yet in a hypothetical one-on-one race between the two Republicans, Cruz tops Trump, 51 percent to 43 percent, while Trump beats Rubio in their one-on-one matchup, 52 percent to 45 percent.
In a three-way contest featuring the Top 3 Republicans in the poll, Trump gets 40 percent, Cruz 31 percent and Rubio 26 percent, underscoring the overall strengthen out of the outsider/insurgent wing of the Republican Party.
Maybe the most striking finding in this NBC/WSJ poll is the growing GOP acceptance of Trump. Back in March, only 23 percent of Republican primary voters said they could see themselves supporting the real-estate mogul. Now that number stands at 65 percent.
The Republican candidates with the highest percentages on this question are Cruz (at 71 percent, up from 40 percent in March) and Rubio (at 67 percent, up from 56 percent 10 months ago).
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... Cruz has big problems with this citizenship thing. They are going to sue him all to hell. The Goldman Sachs thing is a very bad problem too. Trump does not back down and Cruz is falling in the polls. These are just facts. Cruz is damaged.
Sorry. This is your opinion. Cruz just changed the whole dynamic.
You aren’t watching?
Well, let's talk here. Kinda like being at a small cafe when everyone else is at Madison Square Garden.
I do not trust Trump...
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/01/trumps-questionable-political-history
This is also your opinion and wishful thinking!
There is an advantage in a slower moving thread.
Jims live thread moves so fast, it’s hard to read and keep up.
Much less post anything.
“Cruz has big problems with this citizenship thing. They are going to sue him all to hell. The Goldman Sachs thing is a very bad problem too. Trump does not back down and Cruz is falling in the polls. These are just facts. Cruz is damaged.”
Yes !
DT is only slightly to the right of Hillary.
Cruz breathes conservatism. I would never trust DT to appoint any judges much less SCOTUS. I don’t understand why trumpees think that is not important, especially after he trashed Scalia.
lolol.
I am going to another site. This irrational Cruz bashing is ridiculous.
Enjoy all.
If you link to that site, it’s obvious who you side with.
Thanks!!!
That was a short opus, but buh bye.
BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG take down Trump night , Cruz is OWNED .
Explain.
I would vote for Trump, were he the nominee. I prefer Cruz, though.
Perhaps the anti-Cruz cabal are really GOPe spooks. Bought and paid for whores for the Establishment...?
:-/
Trump uses the phrase - We will rebuild this country - the same way Obama uses the term - Hope and Change.
Trump never describes how he would do it - he just says it and it causes people to focus in on a visual like Obama does.
So, people end up walking away from Trump thinking he is great because he is tough talking.
I am not buying it.
Have you read anything I said? I did not bash Cruz and even stated his comments have been great. Read. I merely stated that auditorium was filled by those supporting establishment candidates.
I’m really hoping to see the typical disastrously misread polls debunked in the primaries. Seems like the leader in the polls always washes out. It’s Cruz or bust for me. I won’t vote for anyone else in the general... I’ll stay home like most people I know who are saying the same. If we are going to govern like democrats, let’s just elect a damned democrat.
GOP strategy, ignore Trump. How pathetic...
Goldman Saks to rule them all!!!! Oh ya, except Trump.
1st debate I have ever seen, did not start watching till a hour ago. Are they all this bad, why are they ignoring Trump? Why is Kasich on the stage? (if he were president he would continue fracking... it’s not economically viable in today’s market.) What a dumb ass.
They try to give equal time. This is not the Trump show.
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