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Cruz and Christie Gain in Popularity as Trump, Carson and Bush Stumble
ABC News ^ | 1/13/16 | GARY LANGER, GREGORY HOLYK

Posted on 01/17/2016 3:19:59 PM PST by kik5150

Ted Cruz has reached top-rank popularity among Republicans and Chris Christie’s favorability rating is most improved in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, while Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush all have stumbled in the battle for GOP hearts and minds.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton continues to far surpass Bernie Sanders in favorability among party regulars, and she’s vastly more popular within the Democratic Party than are any of the Republican candidates within the GOP base. Still, gender and racial gaps mark Clinton’s standings, and Sanders pushes back among young adults, independents and the better-off.

Movement is greatest among Republicans. Trump’s favorability rating within the GOP has dropped by 12 percentage points, from a high of 69 percent in November to 57 percent now; the decline has occurred almost exclusively among Republican women. Cruz, +7 points to 60 percent favorable, is +13 points among strong conservatives overall, a core GOP group; 76 percent now rate him favorably.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; elections; trump
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If you throw out the Cristie result (because it starts from May instead of November), Ted Cruz is the only Republican who has gained in popularity since November.
1 posted on 01/17/2016 3:19:59 PM PST by kik5150
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I suppose Cruz deserves his moment in the spotlight... like the rest of them.


2 posted on 01/17/2016 3:22:04 PM PST by RC one ("...all persons born in the allegiance of the United States are natural-born citizens" US v. WKA)
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This is from Jan 13th. Also, posted here before a couple of times.


3 posted on 01/17/2016 3:22:26 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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What’s wrong with you people? This was posted on the 13th when it came out. I do not know how many times it’s been posted since then.

Are you guys literally working for the Cruz campaign and that is why it’s this 3 or 4 people who keep posting and reposting the same stuff?


4 posted on 01/17/2016 3:23:10 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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And the article is a day before the debate that was on the 14th.


5 posted on 01/17/2016 3:25:37 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

I can get two people posting breaking news within 2 minutes of each other, but these guys are doing this on purpose.


6 posted on 01/17/2016 3:26:05 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: kik5150

Popularity? And yet Cruz is still way behind Trump all the polls? How can that be? Maybe they like Cruz but realize as a Canadian he isn’t eligible to be president.


7 posted on 01/17/2016 3:26:36 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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George Will made the case today that Christie still has a great chance to win the nomination.

The Establishment has been pushing this idea for at least a month.


8 posted on 01/17/2016 3:28:15 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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Kasich will finish second in NH, which may give him enough gas to get to early March.


9 posted on 01/17/2016 3:28:40 PM PST by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown Are by desperate appliance relieved Or not at al)
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Once again, Ted is the most popular and Trailing Trump by 20 points in the polls.

I’m sure Trump is envious. /s

What do we know about ABC? It’s part of the MSM that doesn’t like Trump, but is cared to death of Ted Cruz.

LMAO

Somehow Trump will survive this Ted Cruz moment. There have been so many, and languish is the only outcome.


10 posted on 01/17/2016 3:29:02 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Every home needs a crewznadian that has been domestically trained.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Hysterical much? Sheesh. It’s a long time until the convention. Stuff will happen.


11 posted on 01/17/2016 3:29:29 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: kik5150

This was pre-debate.

My guess is Cruz’s favorability will drop.


12 posted on 01/17/2016 3:30:41 PM PST by SteveSCH
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ABC is the most untrusted source of anything concerning Trump. They smear him almost every night and it is insanely obvious they are the strong arm of the democratic (Hillary) party.


13 posted on 01/17/2016 3:30:55 PM PST by MrMarbles
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To: VanDeKoik

That is my view as well.


14 posted on 01/17/2016 3:31:45 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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This is a BS old news post. You should be ashamed. You Cruz zealots think we're all stupid. Just calm down until the voting starts. This BS isn't going to change anyone’s mind.
15 posted on 01/17/2016 3:32:06 PM PST by deweyfrank
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16 posted on 01/17/2016 3:32:34 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

My bad. I did a title search for the word “stumble” and it didn’t come up.


17 posted on 01/17/2016 3:32:36 PM PST by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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I would love to see Chris Christie as Trump’s Attorney General. He’s perfect for that job.


18 posted on 01/17/2016 3:32:54 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first ande then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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19 posted on 01/17/2016 3:33:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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These so-called popularity polls are probably the least meaningful of all those taken during a campaign, and they seem to change much faster than those that ask for whom people intend to vote.


20 posted on 01/17/2016 3:33:56 PM PST by Will88
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