Head to head- If it were donald versus CRUZ:
SEN TED CRUZ 55
the donald.....34
Where did you find that?
-78% support Trump's call to bans Muslims from entering the United States, to only 13% who oppose it. Overall 54% of Republicans support him on that to 28% who are opposed. Supporters of Cruz (62/20) and Carson (54/25) also favor a Muslim ban while backers of Rubio (28/48) and Bush (28/49) are opposed.
-65% of Trump voters think thousands of Arabs in New Jersey cheered the collapse of the World Trade Center, to only 11% who donât think that happened. Overall 43% of Republicans think that event occurred to 29% who donât. Supporters of Carson (44/10) and Cruz (45/26) agree with Trump's that it happened while those of Rubio (24/47) and Bush (12/62) say it didnât.
-59% of Trump voters support a national database of Muslims, to 18% who are opposed. Republicans as a whole are evenly divided on that issue, 40/40. Carson supporters (42/38) join with Trump's in wanting a Muslim database but those of Cruz (38/42), Rubio (32/48), and Bush (19/62) are all against it.
-45% of Trump voters want to shut down the mosques in the United States, to only 23% who are opposed to doing that. Overall just 27% of Republicans support that to 45% who are opposed though. Supporters of all the other major GOP candidates are opposed to shutting down mosques- itâs 32/48 with Carson backers, 25/44 with those of Cruz, 9/66 with Rubio voters, and 9/69 with Bush's.
-Finally as long as we were at it we decided we'd ask people if they thought Japanese internment had been a good idea. Among Trump voters 48% say they support the use of internment during World War II, to only 21% who say they oppose it. Overall just 29% of Republicans support that to 39% opposed, and supporters of all the other candidates are against it- 29/33 with Cruz voters, 23/54 with Rubioâs, 12/48 with Carsonâs, and 13/56 with Bush's.
Trump's positions arenât hurting him for now but if he ever does falter Cruz is very well positioned to benefit.
Below, is a PDF of the PPP poll. Page down about 5 pages—there’s a list of hypothetical match-ups that narrow the choices to 2, 3, 4, 5 candidates.
Cruz wins them all.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_IA_121515.pdf