Lies, All lies.
Posted on 01/26/2016 8:08:59 AM PST by Red Steel
Donald Trump's outreach to Christians is bearing fruit, if results of the NBC News/Survey Monkey weekly online tracking poll out Tuesday are any indication.
Among white evangelical Republican voters nationally, Trump earned the support of 37 percent, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose father is a pastor and has played a key role in recruiting faith leaders to support his son, is at 20 percent. In the same survey conducted the previous week, Cruz registered 9 percentage points higher. Below the top two contenders, Ben Carson earned 11 percent among evangelicals, and Marco Rubio took 10 percent.
The Manhattan business mogul, who is Presbyterian, made headlines throughout the course of the past week for his various interactions with fellow Christians, including a stop at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, last Monday. Delivering the weekly convocation address, Trump caused a stir when he made reference to a book in the Bible a "Two Corinthians," rather than the usual nomenclature, "Second Corinthians." (Trump later claimed that it was written that way in his notes, and besides, his mother was Scottish and would have said it that way.)
Trump also attended a Presbyterian service in Muscatine, Iowa, on Sunday, at which the pastor made reference to the ongoing immigration crisis, a central plank in the Republican's campaign, and humility, in general. "I don't know if that was aimed at me, Trump said later.
The poll's overall week-to-week standings show little shift with Trump leading the field at 39 percent, Cruz at 17 percent and Rubio at 10 percent. No other candidate received double-digit support.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton's advantage remained in double digits, at 51 percent to Bernie Sanders' 37 percent.
The poll was conducted online from Jan. 18 to 24, surveying a national sample of 9,690 adults, including 8,215 who indicated that they are registered to vote. The poll included 2,327 Republicans and 2,780 Democrats with margins of error of 2.8 percentage points and 2.2 percentage points, respectively.
Yep. Calling people selfish jerks and going on insult tirades. That’ll do it.
Who are these “evangelicals”?
Dang, there goes one more Crews talking point.
"One thing is increasingly evident, the conservative wing of the Republican party, at least in Iowa, is carrying the day," Brown added.
Cruz is taking the lion's share of the right wing among Iowa likely Republican Caucus participants, with Trump taking a good chunk and only a few scraps for the rest of the pack.
Cruz leads Trump:
50 - 34 percent among self-professed Tea Party members;
39 - 27 percent among white, born-again Evangelical Christians;
49 - 29 percent among voters describing themselves as "very conservative."Trump leads Cruz:
29 - 21 percent among self-identified "somewhat conservative" voters;
37 - 6 percent among voters claiming to be "moderate" or "liberal."
GO TED CRUZ!! VOTE TED CRUZ!!
Trump winning big over Cruz. See the large sample size. And Trump +22% over Cruz.
Hmmm. Evangelicals vote Democrat or Republican nice.
Lies, All lies.
Some like Trump, some like Cruz... both have their own selling points and their own gaps.
Cruz might be better in some different capacity. Just because a chap is an evangelical running for president doesn’t make him the friendliest administration for Christians.
Being that the establishment GOP despises Cruz and the MSM absolutely fears him, is enough to give him my vote. Now that the GOP establishment is backing Trump, my vote is sealed for Cruz. I’m tired of ALL big government....
Who called people ‘selfish jerks’? Context?
it’s certainly an uphill battle it would seem.
what worried me the most was trump was losing to hillary one to one
most recent is a tie. that’s good.
cruz beats her by a few.
i know it’s so early that it practically doesn’t matter but it gives me something to look at :)
But not in Iowa where they are actually paying attention. This sounds a lot better for Trump than it really is. That 37/20 ratio is not going to hold up for Trump as we move forward.
Many evangelicals vote Republicans, but the Republicans are so bad they have secret longings to return to “the democracy”. If they can just find another GA Jimmuh???
The new Quinnipiac University Iowa poll released today finds that Cruz has doubled his lead over Trump among the critical Evangelical voters. Cruz now leads Trump among Iowa Evangelicals by 12 points - 39 percent to 27 percent. The Iowa Republican Caucus is a two-man race with Trump at 31 percent and Cruz at 29 percent among likely Republican Caucus participants. Marco Rubio is at 13 percent. No other candidate is above 7 percent.
Cruz leads Trump:
50 - 34 percent among self-professed Tea Party members;
49 - 29 percent among voters describing themselves as "very conservative."
Trump leads Cruz:
29 - 21 percent among self-identified "somewhat conservative" voters;
37 - 6 percent among voters claiming to be "moderate" or "liberal."
The new poll is virtually unchanged from the January 11 Quinnipiac poll which found Trump at 31 percent, with 29 percent for Cruz and 15 percent for Rubio...."
“Who are these evangelicals?”
Well they’re not Mr. Purist Conservative who have been waiting for Mr. Perfect Candidate for several decades.
I don’t necessarily disagree, but I don’t know how to quantify it.
He’d be much better than the barking dog we have in there now.
So would Trump.
I prefer Trump.
I expect to vote for Cruz too, but I am rarely on the winning side. I have little hope that Cruz can win much of anything. Heck, he might even be defeated for senator in 2018.
Totally agree, HiTech RedNeck.
And I am suspicious of the theology of Raphael Cruz, Ted’s father. Dominion Theology . . or . . Seven Mountains Theology both sound suspicious to me.
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