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Trump Has Huge Lead Over Cruz in Two SC Polls
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| 2-12-2016
| Cathy Burke
Posted on 02/13/2016 4:36:46 AM PST by smoothsailing
February 12, 2016
Trump Has Huge Lead Over Cruz in Two SC Polls
by Cathy Burke Donald Trump has a commanding lead in the GOP presidential primary field in South Carolina in two new polls – including one in which the real estate billionaire has more than double the support of his nearest rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
The surveys,
the South Carolina House Republican Caucus, and the
Opinion Savvy Poll, come just eight days ahead of the Palmetto State's Feb. 20 primary.
Here's the breakdown in the South Carolina House Republican Caucus survey:
- Trump: 34.5 percent
- Cruz: 15.5 percent
- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush: 13 percent
- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio: 12.5 percent
- Ohio Gov. John Kasich: 8.5 percent
- Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson: 5 percent
- Undecided: 11 percent
Trump beats the competition among conservatives, moderates, libertarians, independent and across age groups – and even edges out Cruz with tea party Republicans, 37 percent to 36 percent.
The results were posted
by The Hill.
In the Opinion Savvy survey, the results show:
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; polls; sc2016; trump
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To: samtheman
No, it was before that, when he said he will build a wall :)
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posted on
02/13/2016 5:42:18 AM PST
by
ripnbang
("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
To: Sasparilla
To: iontheball
I was in the crowd in Tampa last night. It was awesome.
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posted on
02/13/2016 5:44:47 AM PST
by
ripnbang
("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
To: Lib-Lickers 2
44
posted on
02/13/2016 5:45:38 AM PST
by
jimbo807
To: Boardwalk
You make a strong point. I will reconsider.
To: Principled
They both want to win. That’s good. Competition never hurts. It only sharpens and strengthens, brings up in the bucket what’s down in the well. Unfortunately, whether it’s the IA Carson stuff, the “vote fraud” mailers, the porn star ad, the Rubio claims, Cruz has made a number of “unforced errors” that are really costing him.
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posted on
02/13/2016 5:47:29 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: LS
It takes some effort to make winning in Iowa a liability, but Ted and his boys managed to make it happen.
Brilliant.
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posted on
02/13/2016 5:48:46 AM PST
by
jimbo807
To: Lib-Lickers 2
people like to vote for winners.. plus SC likes to vote for manly men,, Cruz doesnât fit that bill, neither does Bush or Rubio...The Three Pussies!(formerly known as the Three Amigos)
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
02/13/2016 5:52:37 AM PST
by
jimbo807
To: jimbo807
To: LS
how about Cruz going to NY City for a fundraiser held for him by married homosexuals and tells them don’t worry the sanctity of marriage bill isn’t high on my priority list.. then he comes down to SC and “forgets” to tell his evangelical audiences about that trip but slams Trump and Rubio for being soft on traditional marriage?
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
He’s dropping out any day. Jeb has his number. You’ll see... /barf
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posted on
02/13/2016 5:56:11 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: smoothsailing
Reuters 5-Day Polling...and jebisito is last!
February 12, 2016
579 RESPONDENTS
Donald Trump - 39.8%
Ted Cruz - 18.6%
Marco Rubio - 11.4%
Ben Carson - 8.7%
Jeb Bush - 7.2%
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posted on
02/13/2016 5:56:49 AM PST
by
newfreep
(TRUMP & <S>Cruz</S> 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
To: Lib-Lickers 2
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posted on
02/13/2016 5:57:04 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: Principled
Trump pulled his negative ad.
55
posted on
02/13/2016 5:58:13 AM PST
by
Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: newfreep
Excellent! Thanks for posting.
To: Liz
>>The salient point here is that Trump/s winning total in NH showed his poll numbers
Quack, Waddle...
"Trump won't be able to trump Cruz on conservatism. So now he's making clear that he isn't running a conservative campaign - he's running a nationalist and populist campaign. His enemies include both Republicans and conservatives"
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/02/11/cruz-knocks-trump-as-non-conservative-trump-admits-it/
Populist-Duck
What does "nationalist and populist" mean - and how should we differentiat that from odour of the 1933 vintage edition of nationalist / somethingism?
Got tyranny of the majority? That's why this was supposed to be a Republic - not a populist democracy.
What is your definition of Conservatism?
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posted on
02/13/2016 6:02:09 AM PST
by
HLPhat
(Preventing Global Cooling one tank full at a time!)
To: jimbo807
Jeff Roe, Cruz’ campaign manager, appears unsuited to national efforts. In a statewide contest, Roe can time his most damaging lies and dirtiest tricks for right at the very end. His client wins, and the blowback comes too late to exact a price.
Doing the same thing in a national campaign wins one state. After that the buzz from the lies and dirty tricks becomes the story. Democrats may be alright with that stuff, but GOP primary voters are not.
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posted on
02/13/2016 6:03:02 AM PST
by
Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: Fantasywriter
Agreed. Cruz’s problem is his strategy. He planned on winning Iowa, losing NH and then execute a southern strategy.
Iowa was closer than they expected, so they had to pull out all the plugs to win. Trump and Carson called him out on it.
New Hampshire was a shocker. Ted did not even win the evangelicals there. He’s in trouble and going all in for the evangelical vote in SC.
The problem is he is now cast as a strictly religious candidate, and a nasty one at that.
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posted on
02/13/2016 6:07:14 AM PST
by
jimbo807
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
02/13/2016 6:07:19 AM PST
by
newfreep
(TRUMP & <S>Cruz</S> 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
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