CNN/ORC IOWA polling.
Posted on 01/23/2016 5:30:05 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has a 14-point edge over Sen. Ted Cruz, his nearest rival, according to a new national poll.
Trump garners 34 percent support in the Fox News poll released Friday, with Cruz at 20 percent.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) ranks third with 11 percent, followed by retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 8 percent. Former Forida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich tie for fifth with 4 percent apiece.
The poll also found that Cruz and Trump are the most popular second choice for likely Republican primary voters. Cruz is the second choice for 22 percent, while Trump is for 13 percent.
The survey found that voters are unconcerned with questions about Cruz's eligibility for the presidency.
Only 10 percent say the fact that Cruz was born in Canada makes it less likely they'll vote for him, while 88 percent said it would not affect their choice.
And 61 percent say he is natural-born American, with 27 disagreeing.
Cruz and Trump are battling for a lead in the early-voting state of Iowa, just 10 days away from the caucuses.
While Trump has double-digit leads in most national polls, he is ahead of Cruz by just 2.6 percent in Iowa, according to a RealClearPolitics average of polls.
Thanks it worked.
The “big flop” part is not in the article, nor is it in the headline of the article. CW added that.
Dishonest! And that’s her good quality!
If you really believed criticizing Trump helps Trump you would be quietly encouraging it. You wouldn’t be trying to discourage the criticism.
Trump’s wanting to be “a little bit Establishment” should have some effect on his numbers, if Fox reports it.
Cruz will be held to be ineligible based on original intent as soon as most of the federal government is shut down by the recognition of the original intent of the ‘general welfare’ and ‘interstate commerce’ clauses. Not to mention the original intent of ‘Congress shall make no law’ and ‘shall not be infringed’.
Thanks.......
....but what voters are looking for this year is competence and accomplishment.
Donald Trump has an actual record of delivering both in spades.....
If the above proves to be accurate then Trump may well win
in a run away nationally.
Trump’s “gambits” against Perry and Walker seemed to work pretty well. Trump is now up 10 points in Iowa. There is no stopping him. Now even the Royal Canadian Mounted Police could slow him down!
Thanks for pointing that out. The CNN poll is a constant outlier, but their numbers show the gap continuously closing over the past six months.
The eligibility question has play in the electorate, the RNC can, of its own volition, declare Cruz unqualified (at a time of the RNC choosing), and courts may or may not render opinions. So far, the courts are evading the issue on the merits. They will have a more difficult time evading the question with Cruz, because, unlike the situation with Obama, some of Cruz’s opponents on the ballot are suing him.
Cruz is done and he knows it.
Indeed they do.
: )
Dudley Dooright comes into view ...
Too bad Cruz doesn’t have 6 more months to close Iowa.
CNN/ORC IOWA polling.
I thought Trump was ahead by 30 points.
The CNN poll consistently gives Trump +10 compared to other polls. Within their own polls the trend lines are converging.
Just keep grasping for that straw. It looks pretty thick. I swear it looks like it will hold. It’s got a pink stripe....grab it!
the cruz problem has become turnout.
with trump leading the thought becomes ....why bother
Keep on Criticizing with Beck and the NRO crowd. It just fires us up.
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