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Many 'Lost' Voters Say They Have Found Their Candidate in Trump (New voters Trump 27%, Cruz 3%)
Reuters ^ | 1/18/2016 | Reuters

Posted on 01/18/2016 4:57:37 PM PST by usafa92

Ted Wade hasn't cared about politics enough to cast a vote in a U.S. presidential election for almost a quarter of a century, back when he supported Ross Perot's independent candidacy in 1992.

But Republican Donald Trump's 2016 White House bid has motivated Wade to get involved and he plans to support the real estate mogul in Nevada's nominating caucus next month. Trump is a "non-politician" who can fix the "chaos" in Washington, he says.

About one in 10 Americans who plan to cast a vote this election will do so for the first time in years, if ever, and Trump holds a decided edge with them, according to polling by Reuters/Ipsos.

These voters offer Trump a pool of voters who could be decisive either in the Republican primaries or a general election. They could be crucial for Trump in early-voting states such as Iowa and South Carolina, where his nearest rival, Senator Ted Cruz, is putting pressure on Trump and enjoys a strong base of support with more traditionally conservative voters.

In Reuters/Ipsos polling from June to December 2015, 27.3 percent of these "new" voters said they would vote for Trump, higher than his poll numbers among independents and Republicans who regularly vote.

By way of comparison, Cruz captures just 3.4 percent of these voters. And Senator Marco Rubio of Florida snags only 4 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016polls; cruz; election2016; independents; iowa; newyork; polls; thirdparty; trump; trump2016
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It's always been about turnout. Trump's ceiling is much higher than Cruz. Cruz is threading a narrow needle appealing to Evangelicals and Conservatives. But Trump is scoring about 30% support amongst conservatives, moderates and evangelicals, so if turnout is there, and new voters show up Trump could blow the lid off of this and in the general. It's obvious why Ted has everything invested in Iowa. It really is his firewall.
1 posted on 01/18/2016 4:57:37 PM PST by usafa92
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To: LS; Catsrus; HarleyLady27; Jane Long; entropy12; I Hired Craig Livingstone; SamAdams76; ...

Trump bump


2 posted on 01/18/2016 4:59:05 PM PST by usafa92 (Conservative in Jersey)
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To: usafa92

Trump is bringing millions into the game that were on the sidelines!!Go Trump.


3 posted on 01/18/2016 4:59:12 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: usafa92

Trump’s ceiling is yet to be seen once the no-names get out of the race.


4 posted on 01/18/2016 4:59:30 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! Born in the USA!)
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To: usafa92

Thanks for the ping.


5 posted on 01/18/2016 5:00:41 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: usafa92

Makes you wonder who’s getting the other 66%


6 posted on 01/18/2016 5:01:20 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: usafa92

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3384926/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3385050/posts


7 posted on 01/18/2016 5:01:28 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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Go Trump!!


8 posted on 01/18/2016 5:01:36 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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Way To Go TRUMP!!! He is going to ‘landslide’ this election....

One heck of a fine President of the United States of America and such a beautiful and classy family to show the world the standards that America can be proud of!!!


9 posted on 01/18/2016 5:02:35 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (.."THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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10 posted on 01/18/2016 5:02:53 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: usafa92

A Trump bump indeed.

Another note:
Heard on CNN(don’t watch faux news anymore)
That Trump is leading the nation by 2 points over Cruz
with Evangelicals.

That is pretty impressive if true too.


11 posted on 01/18/2016 5:02:56 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittancez)
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To: usafa92

That’s right mr wade, the dog days are over


12 posted on 01/18/2016 5:03:33 PM PST by onona (Blind Faith - originally released in 1969 on Polydor Records)
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To: usafa92

Trump will build a physical wall on the border and a legal wall in our visa system. Stop the invasion of muzzie rapists, killers, looters and vandals.


13 posted on 01/18/2016 5:04:31 PM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well unfortunately it looks like I got a case of Cruzitis, which unfortunately causes a poster to repeatedly post multiple threads positive to their candidate.


14 posted on 01/18/2016 5:04:44 PM PST by usafa92 (Conservative in Jersey)
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To: usafa92

Yes, go Trump! Destroy conservatives and conservative values.
Make Yuge Deals!!!


15 posted on 01/18/2016 5:04:51 PM PST by one Lord one faith one baptism
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Well good. Since Obama has thrown more people into the living off the Government dole, we need some candidate to pick them up. Trump is their guy.


16 posted on 01/18/2016 5:06:25 PM PST by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: proust
Trump's ceiling is yet to be seen once the no-names get out of the race.

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Trump can take a little hip pocket walking around money and help those no-names get out of debt.
Reckoned?

17 posted on 01/18/2016 5:07:26 PM PST by deport
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To: usafa92

It’s interesting to watch. My husband who hasn’t voted for a President since JFK has consistently over the years said he earned the right to not vote. I try every election to get him interested.

Now he’s gone from laughing at me to watching the debates and stopping to watch every time I am watching a rally. He even watched the Democratic debate last night. I don’t know if he will finally register to vote but now he does support Trump over all the rest.


18 posted on 01/18/2016 5:10:39 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: deport

Or they can work it off at one of his many fine establishments as bell hops.


19 posted on 01/18/2016 5:10:58 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! Born in the USA!)
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To: usafa92

If Iowa is your firewall, you are toast.


20 posted on 01/18/2016 5:11:52 PM PST by Cboldt
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