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National Poll Surprise! Cruz Tops Trump
Conservative Review ^ | February 17, 2016

Posted on 02/17/2016 7:10:34 PM PST by SoConPubbie

In an NBC/WSJ poll released today, Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump by two points nationally.

Cruz has 28 percent to Trump’s 26 percent. Rubio is third with 17 percent, followed by Kasich at 11, Carson at 10, and Bush in last place at 4 percent.

“The results from the poll -- conducted after Trump's victory in New Hampshire, as well as after Saturday's GOP debate in South Carolina -- are a significant reversal from last month, when Trump held a 13-point lead over Cruz, 33 percent to 20 percent.”

Donald Trump has polled first in 31 consecutive national polls since November, when Dr. Ben Carson briefly led Mr. Trump. Cruz’s lead over Trump comes a surprise given recent polling in South Carolina. Mr. Trump currently leads Ted Cruz by double digits there, with the South Carolina primary taking place on Saturday.

Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey, says Trump's drop could signal being “right on top of a shift in the campaign.”

“When you see a number this different, it means you might be right on top of a shift in the campaign. What you don't know yet is if the change is going to take place or if it is a momentary 'pause' before the numbers snap back into place.”

In hypothetical one-on-one matchups, the NBC/WSJ national poll shows Trump behind both Cruz (56 percent to 40 percent) and Rubio (57 percent to 41 percent).


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To: mac_truck

if Cruz is behind 2:1 in the Free Republic Caucus voting, there is no way he is leading anwhere


61 posted on 02/17/2016 7:34:47 PM PST by changeitback440
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To: Windflier

LOL I think it was 38 times!!!


62 posted on 02/17/2016 7:35:17 PM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: GilGil

So says a wholly owned subsidiary of Trump Enterprises.


63 posted on 02/17/2016 7:35:20 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump to McCain - "Pass the strawberries".)
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To: Kit cat

Already 40, as I type another Cruz bot is creating two more thread on this topic.


64 posted on 02/17/2016 7:36:59 PM PST by jennychase
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To: jennychase

noob also posted this breaking news..


65 posted on 02/17/2016 7:37:54 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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To: GOPJ

ahhhhhhhh, don’t like the pollster, don’t like his logic, awwwww going to cry about another 10% of “Very Conservative”?

Why aren’t you ‘Very Conservative”? Something wrong with you?

Liberal?


66 posted on 02/17/2016 7:38:09 PM PST by dila813
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To: Enlightened1
I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

Who would expect that Trump would poll well in the land of whorehouses, casinos, and Harry Reid. Why, if Harry can just turn out the SEIU vote, that's a third of the state.

67 posted on 02/17/2016 7:38:52 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Windflier; admin

Not sure. The mods have pulled a few already. Not sure how this repost got into breaking news at 10:00 though...


68 posted on 02/17/2016 7:39:49 PM PST by usafa92 (Ted and Heidi = Jim and Tammy Faye)
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To: GOPJ
RE:”The man who did this poll talked with Chuck Todd on his afternoon show today - “MTP Daily”...
The pollster told Chuck Todd he CHANGED the people he was polling by ADDING 10% who said they were “VERY CONSERVATIVE’...
In short he added Cruz voters.”

So Cruz voters are very conservative??

I agree that I am skeptical of polls.

Trump is definitely playing to Democrats. But we have to always ask day after day: "Whose side is he really on?" as he goes for their votes.

Most informative moments of the MSNBC/Trump Town-hall Meeting (2/17/2016 at 8pm) Watching MSNBC Trump Townhall tonight | 2/17/2016 | SOL

69 posted on 02/17/2016 7:41:44 PM PST by sickoflibs (Trumpetir : 'I don't care what he says, or ever said. He is the only one I trust"')
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To: dila813

You’re right! You are a great American.


70 posted on 02/17/2016 7:41:58 PM PST by BeadCounter (,)
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To: SoConPubbie

You got us now!


71 posted on 02/17/2016 7:42:10 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Windflier; House Atreides; SoConPubbie

READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!

 photo Journaux-0_zps3be5b611.gif(again and again and again..)
72 posted on 02/17/2016 7:43:01 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: okie01

Kinda like that moron who did the unskewed polls in 2012 that had everyone thinking Romney was going to win?


73 posted on 02/17/2016 7:44:05 PM PST by usafa92 (Ted and Heidi = Jim and Tammy Faye)
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To: mac_truck

This from one of the Putin boot lickers on this website. LOL.


74 posted on 02/17/2016 7:45:05 PM PST by BeadCounter (,)
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To: usafa92

You can conduct all the polls you want, but unless they are represeentative of the actual turnout, they don’t mean a whole lot.


75 posted on 02/17/2016 7:46:10 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: WENDLE

Boy....You got him! Cruz will lose and Trump (praise his name) is the winner. Why even vote...it’s a done deal. I’d recommend all Trump supporters just stay home because Trump has already won!

Don’t waste your time voting folks!


76 posted on 02/17/2016 7:46:12 PM PST by mrpotatohead
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To: BeadCounter
Putin boot lickers...


77 posted on 02/17/2016 7:47:35 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: GOPJ

I like ‘special sauce’ on my burgers. Not so much on presidential primary polls. Kinda yucky.


78 posted on 02/17/2016 7:48:09 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: jennychase
In Iowa, you have add caucus fraud by Cruz.

Has there ever been a "winner" with more excuses than Donald Trump?

79 posted on 02/17/2016 7:48:38 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: WENDLE

IRREFUTABLE AUTHORITY HAS SPOKEN
(Oct. 18, 2009) The Post & Email has in several articles mentioned that the Supreme Court of the United States has given the definition of what a ‘natural born citizen’ is. Since being a natural born citizen is an objective qualification and requirement of office for the U.S. President (and VP), it is important for all U.S. Citizens to understand what this term means.

http://www.thepostemail.com/2009/10/18/4-supreme-court-cases-define-natural-born-citizen/


80 posted on 02/17/2016 7:49:59 PM PST by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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