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Ben Carson ties Donald Trump in race for GOP 2016 nomination: poll (NBC/WSJ)
The Daily News ^ | 9/27/2015 | Staff

Posted on 09/27/2015 11:13:22 AM PDT by VinL

Ben Carson has surged into a statistical dead heat with Donald Trump in the race for the 2016 GOP nomination, a new poll shows.

According to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday, Trump still leads the race, with the support of 21% of Republican primary voters across the U.S., but Carson follows with 20% — well within the poll’s 6-percentage-point margin of error.

Just weeks ago, Trump was still the clear front-runner but Carson has been steadily gaining on him since Trump’s average performance in the second Republican debate earlier this month.

And just one month ago, in the July NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Carson attracted only 10% support, compared with Trump’s 19%.

In the latest poll, former tech exec Carly Fiorina and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tied for third, both getting 11% support, while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came in fourth with 7%.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz followed with 6% and 5%, respectively, while no other candidate received more than 3% support.

Meanwhile, NBC/Wall Street Journal polling of the Democratic candidates, also released Sunday, showed their race for the nomination tightening too.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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To: VinL

The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted Sept. 20-24 of 256 Democratic voters (which has a margin of error of plus-minus 6.1 percentage points) and 230 GOP primary voters (plus-minus 6.5 percentage points). The rest of the poll will be released Monday.

Yep, garbage poll.


161 posted on 09/28/2015 12:04:11 AM PDT by LowOiL ("Let us do evil that good may come"? ....condemnation is just - Romans 3:8)
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To: A CA Guy; VinL; SamAdams76; DoughtyOne; All

What was that about nice guys finishing last?? Also I am reminded of good advice I got when young, “Never make any unnecessary enemies.”


162 posted on 09/28/2015 1:13:02 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

That exact phrase leaps to mind constantly, of late.

[and No More Mr Nice Guy]


163 posted on 09/28/2015 2:29:58 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away...)
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To: VinL

B.S.


164 posted on 09/28/2015 2:32:15 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: VinL
they actually polled 230

That averages out to 4.035087719 per each of the 57 states, if they actually polled outside of 30 Rock.

165 posted on 09/28/2015 3:35:39 AM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: A CA Guy

Correct, he is no leader. Surgeon general is what he is suited for.


166 posted on 09/28/2015 3:38:55 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: VinL

Total BS. The Elitists planned to push Carson before Labor Day, to siphon off Trump support. Carson isn’t up to the task of the Presidency, but the Elitists know that.


167 posted on 09/28/2015 4:08:16 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Ok. We won't call them 'Anchor Babies'. From now on, we shall call them 'Fetal Grappling Hooks'.)
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To: SamAdams76
You're wrong. Carson is being sent by the Establishment, though he is not Establishment himself.

And Snarly FioRINO is pure Establishment, minus the Planned Abortionhood policy.

168 posted on 09/28/2015 4:10:28 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Ok. We won't call them 'Anchor Babies'. From now on, we shall call them 'Fetal Grappling Hooks'.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When Cruz passes Bush...


I am sure the great Senator from Texas is far ahead of Bush but they do not score him on the curve the way Bush is scored


169 posted on 09/28/2015 4:38:53 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
I have never totally trusted Trump to be really conservative...

Trump's conservatism or lack thereof is at the end of the day irrelevant. He's not here to be a conservative. He's here to be The Hulk! And The Hulk does one thing - SMASH! He's here to smash the GOP establishment's little playhouse to smithereens. No other candidate has the potential to wreck the infrastructure that the GOPe has carefully constructed to guarantee that their golden child receives the fundraising/media coverage/state support/delegate count that secures them GOP nomination quick, fast and in a hurry. Trump and Trump alone rips all that to shreds.

Trump's candidacy is not prevailing against a headwind of opposition. It's being carried along by a tailwind of support. And what's amusing is watching the GOPe try to insert these other characters into his tailwind as though its theirs, and that includes (insert favorite name here). The reason he has so much support is that he doesn't have his hand out waiting for others to fill it with cash. Everyone see this and knows this. While others proclaim to be their own man and are not beholden to big moneyed interests, Trump is actually that guy! Every other candidate running is holding his wallet open waiting for others to fill it while trying to convince us that this isn't happening and that includes Ted Cruz. Not The Donald. All of America sees this and loves it because we are sick and tired of having our intelligence insulted! At least with President Donald we won't have a POTUS who dashes off to fundraisers while Iran is starting a shooting war with Israel.

If Trump ends up with the nomination in spite of all that is arrayed against him and selects Cruz as a running mate, that, for me, would burnish a whole lot of conservative bonafides. Would it for you?

By the way, your tagline rocks.

170 posted on 09/28/2015 4:55:07 AM PDT by Tonytitan
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NBC pollsters just can’t bring themselves to put down the pipe...


171 posted on 09/28/2015 4:55:11 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: VinL

This is Yuuuuuuge! Huge BS that is.


172 posted on 09/28/2015 6:36:32 AM PDT by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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To: Rome2000

“The EFFIN RETARDS that put this poll out would do well to remember how things turned out for Goebbels and his family.”

That was a time when there was a little decency and justice left in the world. Now “the effin retards” are looking at how things worked out for Obama and his family.


173 posted on 09/28/2015 7:47:03 AM PDT by Aleya2Fairlie
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To: dsc

Very smart fellow, he saw that in 1928


174 posted on 09/28/2015 8:42:03 AM PDT by Chauncey Uppercrust (TRUMP/CRUZ 2016 OR BUST)
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To: LowOiL

My point is this...why would it even matter what numbers they claimed they used. It`s not illegal to put out phony polls, nobody goes to jail or anything

Some think that its outrageous of me to even suggest that a pollster would outright lie

They wanted a poll that showed Trump fading, and they were going to get it.

I dont trust any polls, they all now cant get past their personal politics when it comes to CRUNCH time, this is CRUNCH time now`

just a side note...Chuck Todd said a number of years ago that he has on occasion worded some of the poll questions, I heard him say that.

Todd says that WSJ/NBC news is the gold standard


175 posted on 09/28/2015 8:56:16 AM PDT by Chauncey Uppercrust (TRUMP/CRUZ 2016 OR BUST)
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To: VinL

The only thing this poll says definatively is that people are sick of lying incumbent career politicians.


176 posted on 09/28/2015 9:44:00 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: gleeaikin

You have to stand up to people in life. Leaders never accept being trashed. They respond and produce.


177 posted on 09/28/2015 10:29:56 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: firebrand

I am pretty sure it was on FR but can’t find it.


178 posted on 09/28/2015 2:49:43 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: apocalypto
There's a link earlier on the thread we're on that goes here, to a different FR thread.
179 posted on 09/28/2015 8:22:18 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: BigEdLB

Obvious what their intentions are here....the pathetic thing here is that it may have impact opinions on the 40MM republicans.


180 posted on 09/28/2015 8:58:40 PM PDT by lcw7112002
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