Posted on 02/04/2016 9:22:00 AM PST by Virtuoso80
Given the choices of just Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz who would you support for the Republican nomination for President?
Trump 33% Rubio 34% Cruz 25%
Who would you prefer as the Republican candidate if you had to choose between just Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio?
Cruz 40% Rubio 46%
....between just Ted Cruz and Donald Trump?
Cruz 47% Trump 41%
....between just Marco Rubio and Donald Trump?
Rubio 52% Trump 40%
(Excerpt) Read more at publicpolicypolling.com ...
Three Nominees = No Nominees
The BS is overwhelming with this poll.
Third time this morning.
What did PPP predict in Iowa?
So despite winning in Iowa, Cruz cannot move out of the margin of error and Rubio is gaining ground almost 3 times as fast.
Seems the MAD strategy of Cruz/Trump is going to give us Rubio as the nominee.
I would love to see the internals on this. If other national polls see this type of sinking by Trump he needs to start spending some money on media and doubling his number of rallies. Rubio is a real phony and is getting away with it. This poll shows what PAC money can buy you.
The GOP should just put up a robo-candidate by the name of “Hecanwin.”
Go Rubio!
(Says I, as he takes points away from Trump.)
I don’t understand why they do, maybe they are so clueless they don’t see the Cuban Lawn Jockey beating the Canadian.
Let me guess, this poll was open to All voters?
PPP had Trump up in IA, as did ALL other polls save the Emerson poll (that all the Cruzers ridiculed when it had Cruz down bad).
I think even Emerson just got lucky. I put no stock now in any of the polls, Trump up, down, irrelevant. We’ll see after SC and NV (I won’t even consider “accurate” NH polls to prove anything) where the polls are, and if they have rescued any of their accuracy.
I am very happy to see Nate (the twerp) Silver so discredited (again).
Rubio’s 21 is the GOP-e, and that number will climb when three or four others vacate the race.
Thanks for the actual poll.
Not much info about the make-up of the respondents!
Not enough to judge the usefulness of the poll.
55% of Republican respondents were evangelicals, seems awful high to me.
PPP makes ‘media narrative’ polls, and that’s all they’re good for.
The 46 Rubio 40 Cruz here is the triumph of the popular gop-e; they were never in the trouble we had thought. We let Jebbie’s decline keep us from seeing the overall scenario of how much Republican primary voters adore the establishment.
” I put no stock now in any of the polls”
I’m beginning to agree. The only thing polls measure is the people they’re polling that day. It may or may not coincide with the future vote.
It’s similar to all the sports talking heads who this week are telling you the Super Bowl winner and why.
Just play the game!!
That said, I do admit that I check RCP frequently
It’s been known for 3 days now. I guess PPP is now the new gold standard poll of the day.
But since they need to distract from NH, they will just keep posting it 5 times a day until the mods will have to start deleting them for spamming....again.
Trump has to hope a lot of candidates remain in the race for a good long time. If it gets down to just Trump and either Cruz or Rubio “the Donald” will lose. Trump was never going to be the nominee anyway, but I guess he’s been useful for entertainment value.
Put up just hours ago, in this longish (14 minute) TRIFECTA, these three guys pretty much echo my thoughts and rantings of the last few months.
We are in the midst of one of the most revolutionary elections in our lifetime. It could go either way. How it DOES go largely depends on how informed YOU and those around you become between now and November!
In the interests of “diversity”, there’s something in this one to delight or anger everyone.
EITHER WAY, THIS ELECTION WILL START A REVOLUTION!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yy2xvXbxRQ
Polls are useful in general election matchups if you use the RCP average. They are not very good for caucuses and primaries.
Polls also can spot trends if multiple polls seem to be showing the same shifts.
Polls have great value if you use them wisely and don’t run around pointing to them daily like Trump does. In the case of “the Donald” it’s live by the poll, die by the poll.
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