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NBC/WSJ Poll: Carson Surges Into Lead of National GOP Race
www.nbcnews.com ^ | 11/2/2015 | Mark Murray

Posted on 11/02/2015 3:56:03 PM PST by CaptainK

Ben Carson has surged into the lead of the Republican presidential race, getting support from 29 percent of GOP primary voters, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

That's the highest percentage any GOP candidate has obtained so far in the survey.

Carson's 29 percent is followed by Donald Trump at 23 percent, Marco Rubio at 11 percent, Ted Cruz at 10 percent and Jeb Bush at 8 percent. These findings are similar to a New York Times/CBS poll released last week, which also showed Carson in first place in the national GOP contest.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; carson; elections; emptysuit; goppoll; murdock; nbc; niceguy; noprez; polls; trump; wsj
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To: CaptainK

Some life for Cruz. Finally in the double digits!


61 posted on 11/02/2015 4:17:37 PM PST by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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To: austinaero

Cruz seems to be surging in several recent polls. I would be thrilled if he actually wins the nomination.


62 posted on 11/02/2015 4:17:54 PM PST by Above My Pay Grade (Donald Trump: New York City Liberal)
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To: Above My Pay Grade

Carson openly supports amnesty and does not have experience as an executive or a negotiator.


63 posted on 11/02/2015 4:17:55 PM PST by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

They like Carson because he’s clean, articulate, mainstream, a real storybook candidate.

Most of them don’t want to admit they support him because 2 or 3 questions in and they have to admit it’s mainly because he’s black, which they know in the back of their mind makes them sound stupid.


64 posted on 11/02/2015 4:18:42 PM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: LS
Because we just had two new IA polls out showing Carson falling behind again.

No we didn't. We had one Iowa robo-call poll showing Trump in the lead, and one poll showing Trump one point ahead. But both of those polls always had Trump in the lead, so they don't show Trump "regaining the lead". The automated poll shows a 2 point increase in Trump's lead from their last poll, while the PPP poll shows 6 point loss in Trump's lead from their last poll. And both of the polls show a significant increase in support for Carson from their last polls.

65 posted on 11/02/2015 4:18:54 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Grampa Dave

AHA! There’s something afoot.

Rush always outs them.


66 posted on 11/02/2015 4:19:04 PM PST by miserare ( RIP Officer Randolph Holder; RIP Trooper Joseph Ponder; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: LS

This is a pre-debate poll.


67 posted on 11/02/2015 4:20:07 PM PST by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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To: CaptainK
Me: Funny how Carson is losing big in NC, NH, FL, SC, MA, and again losing in Iowa in the latest polls, but somehow WSJ/NBC can find Carson winning by 6 pts nationally? Uh no.

I forgot to add Carson is also losing in the latest states of GA, NV, and VA to the list above.

No loser Murdock and losers at PMSLSDNBC Carson is losing big and way behind Trump.

Only about 88 days when the primary/caucasus start where you guys get it stuck up your behinds. Heh.

68 posted on 11/02/2015 4:20:15 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Labyrinthos

I was the geek/know-it-all you all hated in college (see, I even corrected your spelling).

I’m for Cruz all the way.


69 posted on 11/02/2015 4:20:52 PM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

You didn’t hear? Trump now has NO support and Carson has 93% in the latest bsnbc polls. :>}


70 posted on 11/02/2015 4:20:55 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Amntn

Trump has a new book. Cruz has a recent book. They all seem to have books. That seems to be the fallback plan if they lose.


71 posted on 11/02/2015 4:21:49 PM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: CaptainK

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3355600/posts


73 posted on 11/02/2015 4:22:32 PM PST by nikos1121 ("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
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To: Admin Moderator

So why the racist terminology in the ‘keywords?’ That’s completely uncalled for concerning Carson, who’s a good man and deserves better from FR posters.


74 posted on 11/02/2015 4:22:53 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: CaptainK

How come Rasmussen has the exact opposite result?


75 posted on 11/02/2015 4:23:15 PM PST by GilGil
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To: rockrr

One problem for Cruz is the debate had little more than half the viewership of the previous two. In the last one, he barely got called on at all, especially in the first half. This debate let Cruz get out from under the media blackout, which is the only thing that’s really keeping him from breaking out. People don’t know who he is.


76 posted on 11/02/2015 4:23:44 PM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: CaptainK

77 posted on 11/02/2015 4:23:52 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: CaptainK

I hope this is cooked up because Carson will lose to Hitlerly - no two ways about it.


78 posted on 11/02/2015 4:24:42 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: TomGuy

As slow as he talks, if he did win, his administration would be over by the time he finished mumbling his acceptance speech.


And he gets four hours of sleep every hour.


79 posted on 11/02/2015 4:24:46 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: TexasFreeper2009
I have yet to meet a single Carson supporter.

You need to go to church!

No, I don't mean it that way LOL. There are a large number of people I am with on Facebook, most of them are evangelical churchgoers (like me). Now, I'm a Trumpster; but large numbers of my fellow-believers think Carson is the right guy. They don't understand about 7th-Day Adventism, nor do they seem to notice his weaknesses. They just think he is so pure on issues important to Christians.

I don't think he is pure at all; but there you have it. Some believers have this pipe dream that we can elect someone based on what Carson seems to represent -- soft-spoken-ness, faith in the Bible and the Constitution.

Me, I am certain that we need a winner, with a winning attitude, who will win at home and in the world, and who will at least have a clue how to restore America to its winning greatness.

80 posted on 11/02/2015 4:25:02 PM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
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