Posted on 11/06/2015 5:41:49 PM PST by VinL
Donald Trump and Ben Carson remain the leaders in the Republican presidential field, both in California and nationally, but two freshman senators, Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas, have moved into a solid second tier, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll shows.
Complete results of the poll, looking at voter attitudes one year ahead of the 2016 election, as well as the race on the Democratic side, will be released on Sunday. The poll, conducted online by SurveyMonkey, surveyed 2,009 voters in California and 3,035 nationwide. It has an error estimate of plus or minus 3 percentage points for the statewide sample and 2.5 points for the national sample.
Trump and Carson are virtually tied for the lead among Republican voters in California, with 20% for Trump, the businessman and reality TV star, and 19% for Carson, the retired neurosurgeon. Nationally, Trump holds a small lead over Carson, 25%-21%.
While those two nontraditional candidates continue to hold the lead, Rubio and Cruz have moved up to become the top contenders among those with more typical political credentials.
Rubio is in third place in the poll, at 14% in California and 12% nationally. Cruz is at 11% in California and 12% nationally. Jeb Bush, the party’s one-time front-runner, has faded to 4%, both statewide and nationally.
One particular point of strength for Rubio — he has gained support among college-educated Republicans and is now in first place among that group in California.
The Republican primary electorate in recent elections has been divided about evenly between voters with college educations and a blue-collar wing without college degrees. Trump has built a strong lead among the less-educated wing of the party, and Rubio’s support among college graduates could provide him an important base as the primary season develops.
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Rubio’s support of TPP may take some shine off of him. Carson’s support of TPP should have the same effect.
Of course college-educated go for the effete candidate.
Back in the day colleges turned out slightly better product—self included.
The RNC owes The Cheap Labor Express an amnesty candidate.
Yeb! is shootig himself in both feet on an almost daily basis.
Young Yeb! may be their last chance to prevent us from electing someone who would stop them.
“Rubio’s support of TPP may take some shine off of him. Carson’s support of TPP should have the same effect.”
I agree.
I don’t like Rubio for the candidate, but I do admire his toughness and knowledge to come back at his attackers (JEB) and others. He’s tenacious.
Any poll of Republican candidates that includes California is skewed. We all know California is going Democratic. Note that Trump and Carson poll lower in California than nationally. Take California and other lost cause states out of the poll and we could see just how skewed everything really is in the contest. Without solid blue states Trump and Cruz would be much higher.
They still vote in their primary, and they have a lot of delegates.
Yes we do vote, and the presidential primary is the only place we have input
I do admire his toughness and knowledge to come back at his attackers (JEB) and others. He’s tenacious. <<<
LMAO..tenacious!!!
Sigh. Anything to avoid saying “Trump leads.”
Bush is holding back...getting everything ready for the final stretch.
Rubio is quick. Maybe even quicker than Cruz. If it gets down to the two of them the debates will be real debates.
Love polls..LOL
Cruz/Rubio ticket. Just as Reagan had to put a GOPe on as
his runningmate so will Cruz do so
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Are you saying it will be Cruz and he’ll choose Rubio as
the VP candidate?
True and that is a problem with the Republican Party and the exact scenario that keeps giving us unelectable presidential candidates. The rules are set so the primary red states and a few purple ones are proportional splitting the delegates. Most of the blue states are caucus or winner take all states favoring a GOPe candidate. Why does one think the GOPe changed the rules to require a candidate receive a MAJORITY of delegates in eight states rather than five. They also know when the voting first starts and includes eight plus candidates under proportional delegate distribution it is unlikely anyone gets a true majority. Winning a states does not count unless it is a majority.
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