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Poll: Ted Cruz leads in Iowa; Donald Trump stays atop NH, SC
CBS ^ | 12/20/15 | Staff

Posted on 12/20/2015 7:42:33 AM PST by VinL

Donald Trump, the national front-runner, keeps his big lead in two of the three early states of New Hampshire and South Carolina, but now Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has moved past Trump into a lead of his own in Iowa.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio remains in double digits in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and Governor Chris Christie has now shown upward movement in New Hampshire, doubling his support there in the last month.

The backdrop to all this is a mood of anxiety - both economic and personal security - pervading the GOP electorate in these early states. Nine in ten in all states feel the country is now a more dangerous and insecure place, including 95 percent of Iowa GOP voters who say that, and nine in ten feel the nation's economic system is one that hurts them instead of benefits them. Terrorism and national security are now specifically front-and-center on primary voters' minds: in Iowa, 61 percent say it is their top decision-making criteria for candidates, ahead of the economy; in New Hampshire, 66 percent cite terrorism and security ahead of 28 percent on the economy.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canadian; cruz; elections; immigration; ineligible; trump; trumpanzees; trumpees; trumpwasright
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To: CaptainK

Trump/Nugent 2016.


21 posted on 12/20/2015 8:11:55 AM PST by Signalman
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To: VinL
Cruz and Trump will finish in the top 3 in Iowa. That's all they need to do.

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22 posted on 12/20/2015 8:13:02 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: VinL

Gonna just make my prediction now. Ted Cruz is gonna win the nomination. Everything is just lining up perfectly for him at just the right time. He has all the momentum.


23 posted on 12/20/2015 8:13:20 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( .)
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To: VinL; cripplecreek
"I’ve read 2 articles,-one NYT, along these lines. His organization in all states is state of the art, others not nearly so by comparison."

A few nights ago, someone who was on Fox---might have been Rich Lowry---said that his ground game is extremely sophisticated, more so than any of the other candidates.'

24 posted on 12/20/2015 8:14:57 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: Helicondelta

Cruz is “owned”, eh?

Class Warfare belongs in the other party.

How many politicians do you think Trump “owns” since he bought off a bunch of him and had enough influence to insist that a killer of “hundreds of thousands” attend his wedding?


25 posted on 12/20/2015 8:15:02 AM PST by parksstp ("Truth is NOT Rhetoric" - Sen. Ted Cruz (The obvious conservative choice for POTUS))
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Er, no. Trump has been gaining consistently in IA, up from the 19 range when Carson was ahead to 31 in this poll. Yes, Cruz has moved faster, but it’s simply wrong to try to portray Trump as “flat.” He is exactly where he is in almost every national and other state poll.


26 posted on 12/20/2015 8:16:17 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: smoothsailing

Ted needs to have his suits tailored. Notice his coat sleeve extends way over his wrist while Trump’s sleeve ends right at the wrist.


27 posted on 12/20/2015 8:17:04 AM PST by Signalman
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To: NKP_Vet

If Cruz wins IA by more than double digits and comes in a strong 2nd in NH (20% or more), he will absolutely win South Carolina.

Nevada also has a caucus before Super Tuesday and Cruz was leading that in the latest poll released last week.

That brings up Super Tuesday and the SEC Primaries which Cruz will sweep most of, including Georgia.


28 posted on 12/20/2015 8:18:19 AM PST by parksstp ("Truth is NOT Rhetoric" - Sen. Ted Cruz (The obvious conservative choice for POTUS))
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To: cripplecreek; VinL
'He knows elections and election law so he doesn’t have to rely on others for strategy. His people mostly do legwork."

Exactly. He doesn't need to mindlessly take direction from advisors.

29 posted on 12/20/2015 8:18:53 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: cripplecreek
If he (Cruz) finishes no lower than 2nd in NH, he’ll be the nominee.

And that would be a disaster. Trump is capturing the old "Reagan democrat" crowd. Heck, I'm even talking to liberals who plan to vote for Trump. Cruz just doesn't have that magic.

Don't get me wrong. If I could pick the next president, it would be Ted Cruz.

30 posted on 12/20/2015 8:19:13 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: smoothsailing

31 posted on 12/20/2015 8:20:23 AM PST by kanawa
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To: VinL

32 posted on 12/20/2015 8:20:54 AM PST by mylife
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To: Helicondelta
Ummm.. no. We are talking about hard cash campaign money, not soft money SuperPAC money. Santorum had very little hard cash campaign money left after Iowa. That's exactly the same problem that sank Walker and Rick Perry this year. Both had SuoerPACs with plenty of cash in their coffers, but no hard cash in their campaign coffers. By law the campaigns cannot touch SuperPAC money or even coordinate with them.
33 posted on 12/20/2015 8:21:56 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( .)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Trump will run the table where it matters most.

The SEC.


34 posted on 12/20/2015 8:22:14 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Signalman
I think Cruz borrowed a suit jacket from Trump for this pic. It looks like the jacket would fit Trump perfectly!

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35 posted on 12/20/2015 8:23:26 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Helicondelta

Chuckle! That PPP poll is from 4 days ago. Wanna try again bud?


36 posted on 12/20/2015 8:26:09 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( .)
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To: Signalman
Ted needs to have his suits tailored. Notice his coat sleeve extends way over his wrist while Trump's sleeve ends right at the wrist.

True, then he'd be liked by faux conservative David Brooks who thought that 0bama was the cat's (finely-tailored) pajamas because of the crease in his pants...


37 posted on 12/20/2015 8:27:04 AM PST by pookie18 (11 months until the general election...)
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To: parksstp

Please post a link to a poll in Nevada that shows Cruz leading. Last poll I saw showed Trump at 38% and Cruz at 4%.


38 posted on 12/20/2015 8:28:09 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: cripplecreek

#GrassrootsMatter.


39 posted on 12/20/2015 8:30:38 AM PST by CPT Clay (Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Never seen a poll w at 6.9 Moe.


40 posted on 12/20/2015 8:32:24 AM PST by CPT Clay (Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
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