Posted on 02/04/2016 7:37:43 AM PST by Kaslin
A new national survey just released by Public Policy Polling shows that although Donald Trump is still the national frontrunner, he's lost significant support among the GOP field since coming in at second place in Iowa Monday.
Trump nosedives in @ppppolls national survey:
Trump 25 (-9)
Rubio 21 (+8)
Cruz 21 (+3)https://t.co/pk73CmpSsn— Brett LoGiurato (@BrettLoGiurato) February 4, 2016
According to the survey, Trump has dropped to 25 percent among Republican primary voters, down nine points from December. Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are tied nationally at 21 percent and the rest of the field, with the exception of Dr. Ben Caron with 11 percent, sit in single digits just days before the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary.
The results of Rubio's third place "win" in Iowa Monday are evident in this new survey, showing he had the most to gain by getting a ticket out of the Hawkeye state and into the Granite.
The Public Policy Polling survey could also lend credence to many Rubio supporters' argument that he could be the Republican establishment's best option to take down Trump and Cruz, whose potential nominations have unnerved many in the party's mainstream.
The poll found the most support for Rubio in a theoretical three-man race for the nomination, with 34% picking the Florida senator compared with 33% for Trump and 25% for Cruz. He would also best Trump and Cruz in theoretical head-to-head bouts for the nomination. And his 64% favorability rating among Republican voters nationally trailed only Carson in that measure.
It should be noted that although Trump is losing ground nationally, he's still ahead in local New Hampshire polls by a landslide.
More to come....
Expect Trump to become even more hyperbolic and unhinged in an attempt stem the tide.
It will have the opposite effect.
Step by step, inch by inch, the mainstream media and the GOPe are getting the candidate they want -— the TROJAN HORSE NAME MARCO RUBIO.
This is why Bush and Kasich and Christie need to campaign hard for the next three days.
Stem this silly lemming Rubio train.
Ah crap! here comes Rubio! He could GIVE ME a lifetime supply Cuban Churchills and I would not vote for him unless there was absolutely no choice.
“RUBIO! He needs to be Jebbed now.”
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Maybe Trump will go on a Twitter rant about Marco’s gay rumors?
If this is true it will be reversed after Trump wins NH.
Saturday Night Debate should be very entertaining.
Maybe he’ll have a meltdown on LIVE TV.
The facts and issues will again elude him.
Even with this I expect that djt will say he is WAY ahead in pols.. and failing that.. Pols don matter.. (180 degree changes are sort of his specialty)
This poll way overstates Carson at 11%. Carson just fired massive campaign staffers. We can count on him being near zero in the next poll.
We’ve passed peak Trump.
Now that Jeb has been shown to be the Mexican Fool, they ARE banking on the personable chameleon Marco to take up the slack. An amnesty snake nonetheless.
“Step by step, inch by inch, the mainstream media and the GOPe are getting the candidate they want -— the TROJAN HORSE NAME MARCO RUBIO.”
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Fox News has been all over the Rubio train for weeks now!
Hey! Cut it out with the truth stuff! The Republicans deserve to have a young, clean, articulate first-term Senator who gives good speeches! For an added bonus, Marco Rubio is an Anchor Baby! ;-)
Trump should win Nh easily if he doesn’t win it is drop out time for him also
The thing is Trump is a one-off. There will be no other attempts to de throne the GOPe ever again. If a guy like Trump can’t do it then it can’t be done. The Establishment is clawing it’s way back on top like you said. F em all.
He did better than I thought he would in IA. I was expecting him to get about 5% or so. I was surprised by the result.
I think we have too.... If by some miracle he doesn’t win New Hampshire, he may stroke out and pop a head gasket.
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