Morning Consult Poll: Trump 39, Cruz 13, Rubio 9

Morning Consult ^ | 1/19/2016 | Morning Consult

[Kazan]

Morning Consult poll, January 14-17, 2016:

Trump 39%

Cruz 13%

Rubio 9%

Carson 8%

Bush 7%

[AuntB]

NICE!

The righteous Christian Brits hated Winston Churchill because he smoked cigars, drank whiskey, and used occasional profanity. We need an Alpha male more than ever.

[samtheman]

In before, this is not a national primary.

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[LS]

Well before you-know-who can post, "Yes but if you combine first and second choice," gee, that would be

Trump over Cruz, 50-31.

[LS]

Really? Any scientist would treat these as data points, and you have this massive group of data points at one end (Trump) and any number of data points way at the other (the rest). No, I don’t think that holds up. Quite the contrary, the BREADTH of Trump’s support is astounding, the DURATION of his support has been mind-boggling, and the CONSISTENCY, everywhere, of his post-debate surge (yes, I used that word) is impressive.

[EveningStar]

Thanks. Rooster Cogburn added to list.

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This is an ongoing list of historical, and Biblical people, as well as fictional characters that Donald Trump has been compared to on FR:

• Batman
• The Blues Brothers ("We're on a mission from God!")
• Asa Buchanan (One Life To Live)
• Churchill
• Bill Clinton
• Rooster Cogburn
• Cyrus the Great
• Eisenhower
• J.R. Ewing (Dallas)
• The Founding Fathers
• Gideon
• Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead)
• Max Herschel (Just Tell Me What You Want)
• Andrew Jackson
• Jesus
• John F. Kennedy
• Obi-Wan Kenobi
• James T. Kirk
• Leonidas I
• MacArthur
• Jim Malone (The Untouchables, portrayed by Sean Connery)
• Moses
• Saint Patrick
• Patton
• Reagan
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Babe Ruth
• Samson
• Solomon
• Truman
• Darth Vader
• Washington

[RC one]

I said individual polls are difficult to draw conclusions from with so many candidates still in the race. The trend is definitely more informative. I think a lot of people BS on these polls to be honest.

[LS]

I understand but when you go to RCP, the individual polls are all averaged out and the story is still the same.

Got a guy on Twitter who rearranges the categories and puts "conservatives" (whoever that is---Cruz and Paul?) in with "Non-establishment" (which I guess is Trump and Carson) then "Establishment" which is everyone else and "proves" that Trump loses to "Establishment" and "Conservatives." Wow.

When people start playing these games or complaining about this poll or that poll, it's a sure sign someone is losing big.

In this case, it's Ted.

[SauronOfMordor]

In three weeks or so, we start having actual primaries, and we can see how much (or how little) these polls correspond to reality.

[Parley Baer]

Trump has been holding steady around the 40% mark in the national polls. So good news for Trump.