Posted on 01/14/2016 6:30:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Going into tonight's debate in Charleston the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll has some interesting numbers. Donald Trump is still holding, and even expanding, his following but in a one on one matchup with Ted Cruz he comes off second behind Cruz but beats Rubio is all the others are disregarded. This is along the lines of what we have been predicting all along. Trump may be leading a multi-candidate pack but he has never polled enough to actually win the nomination. Thus, it is going to be interested when the field is whittled down and the delegates are selected proportionally. If we had to bet right now, we would put our money (both quarters) on Cruz. Here are the numbers:
Donald Trump has more than doubled his national lead in the Republican presidential race ahead of Thursday night's GOP debate here, according to the results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Trump is the first choice of 33 percent of national Republican primary voters - his highest percentage in the poll. He's followed by Ted Cruz at 20 percent, Marco Rubio at 13 percent and Ben Carson at 12 percent. Chris Christie and Jeb Bush are tied at five percent. No other Republican presidential candidate gets more than 3 percent.
Trump's 13-point lead over Cruz is an increase from last month, when he held a five-point advantage over the Texas senator, 27 percent to 22 percent.
Yet in a hypothetical one-on-one race between the two Republicans, Cruz tops Trump, 51 percent to 43 percent, while Trump beats Rubio in their one-on-one matchup, 52 percent to 45 percent.
In a three-way contest featuring the Top 3 Republicans in the poll, Trump gets 40 percent, Cruz 31 percent and Rubio 26 percent, underscoring the overall strengthen out of the outsider/insurgent wing of the Republican Party.
Maybe the most striking finding in this NBC/WSJ poll is the growing GOP acceptance of Trump. Back in March, only 23 percent of Republican primary voters said they could see themselves supporting the real-estate mogul. Now that number stands at 65 percent.
The Republican candidates with the highest percentages on this question are Cruz (at 71 percent, up from 40 percent in March) and Rubio (at 67 percent, up from 56 percent 10 months ago).
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I cannot stand Cruz. He’s a creep.
{Cruz supporters are well whatever...
CONSERVATIVES!!!!!
Cheering for Bush against Trump re: Muslims !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
{”I cannot stand Cruz. He’s a creep. “}
Thank you for your profound informative assessment. It
really added something deep to the discussion.
Oh, I see. You’ve been here for years as a “conservative”.
I’ve had plenty of informative posts...it’s boiled down to this.
Yes, I am a conservative...doesn’t mean I have to like Cruz.
As I said recently, if he ends up the nominee I will vote for him and then just turn the TV channel if he is on TV - just like I do with Obama.
When is the one on one primary?
Trump never describes how he would do it - he just says it and it causes people to focus in on a visual like Obama does.
So, people end up walking away from Trump thinking he is great because he is tough talking.
I am not buying it
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Kasich’s presence is a waste of time. Sorry John.
Must have more conservatives in this group, then.
Mr. Trump tell me how you will protect and defend our Constitution.
He can't do that. He gets all his Constitutional info from Lawrence Tribe.
Me neither.
The Trump folks and the Establishment are both trying to destroy Cruz before it gets to that one-on-one.
I attempted to use clapping hands icon on your comment, but didn’t work
Trump’s lack of depth is showing but his supporters don’t care.
He’s equal to the fight.
DT lied about the 45% tariff according to multiple tweets including one dude said he was there.
{”DT lied about the 45% tariff according to multiple tweets including one dude said he was there.”}
For a guy who brags about not being a politician he is surely
acting like one.
He lacks substance and when he needs to show substance he dazzles us with his wealth.
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