Posted on 01/08/2016 3:22:47 PM PST by springwater13
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz lead the pack in the GOP nomination race. They are also the two candidates Republicans think would be best at reversing Barack Obama's agenda.
Here are the numbers from the latest Fox News national poll on the 2016 presidential election.
Trump leads with 35 percent among Republican primary voters. Next is Cruz with 20 percent support -- his personal best in the Fox News poll.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
http://radio.foxnews.com/2016/01/08/fox-poll-ted-cruz-still-on-top-in-iowa-over-donald-trump/
Trump dominates the field in New Hampshire as well, leading with 33%. Rubio is second, but well behind at 15%.
But in Iowa, it’s Cruz still in control. The Texas Senator led Trump in last month’s poll and has increased his lead 27-23, and is the top choice among self-described very conservative caucus goers and white Evangelicals.
Seems to be the ever increasing dilemma for the RINOs is do they keep backing Rubio and guarantee Trump’s victory, or have to swallow their pride and support Cruz as the anti-Trump candidate.
There is no national primary.
The NH Numbers are good for Cruz. If Ted wins IA and gets 20% in NH that is a win. 20% is the magic number in NH.
As for IA, Trump’s numbers are about right, Cruz’s too low. A poll result like this indicates very low turnout, lower than 2012. We’re talking maybe 110,000. The actual turnout in IA is going to be much higher than that. Cruz will be well over 30% on Caucus night.
Let me rephrase. Cruz + Trump combined in IA turnout on Caucus night should be 60% at the lowest. All the models point to 62%. 50% is way too low.
This is how Ted Cruz wins: Why the formerly unthinkable could really, actually happen
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3381401/posts
For Trump this poll is in line with the one above.
WELL, FINALLY A POLL THAT UP TO DATE!!
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We are 23 days out from the Iowa caucuses, and 31, iirc, from the NH primary. This is not locked down yet by any means.
Anyone who thinks they don’t need a ground game in Iowa is naïve, and anyone who thinks they don’t need to appeal to crossovers in NH is naïve since it is mixed.
Those are the facts. Candidates will ignore them at their peril.
Cruz may win Iowa, but if it is followed by losing NH and SC, his win will quickly fall off the front page.
Nice! If Ted can win Iowa and place 2nd or 3rd in NH, which would mean he beat out almost all of the GOPe candidates in a northeastern state, he will be well on his way.
Iowa is a statistical tie with the 4.5 MOE
Thank you very much!
Iowa margin of error: +/- 4% PTS
Cruz & Trump = tie
Both Huckabee @ 2% and Paul @ 5% have said they expect to win Iowa or to surprise a whole of people and that includes us, so we had better closely watch those two giants!
I’m rather surprised at Rubio’s 15%, are you?
Ya' think RINO's hate one more than the other?
Has Trump’s TV ads begun in Iowa?
Where’s FATSO’S great surge in this Fox poll ... at 5% ... what was he previously ... 2%?
I thought we have been told around here that Cruz takes New Hampshire.
If Rubio can’t beat Cruz in NH then where can he beat him? Maybe California.
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