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Trump Has Huge Lead Over Cruz in Two SC Polls
NewsMax ^ | 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 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:

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


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 :)


41 posted on 02/13/2016 5:42:18 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: Sasparilla

Last poll I saw Trump had pulled to within the MOE. IF cruz loses Texas he’s finished. I expect to see a Trump full court press.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/tx/texas_republican_presidential_primary-3622.html


42 posted on 02/13/2016 5:43:50 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: iontheball

I was in the crowd in Tampa last night. It was awesome.


43 posted on 02/13/2016 5:44:47 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

Cruz is hen-pecked.


44 posted on 02/13/2016 5:45:38 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: Boardwalk

You make a strong point. I will reconsider.


45 posted on 02/13/2016 5:46:02 AM PST by smoothsailing
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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.


46 posted on 02/13/2016 5:47:29 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

It takes some effort to make winning in Iowa a liability, but Ted and his boys managed to make it happen.

Brilliant.


47 posted on 02/13/2016 5:48:46 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: Lib-Lickers 2
people like to vote for winners.. plus SC likes to vote for manly men,, Cruz doesn’t fit that bill, neither does Bush or Rubio...

The Three Pussies!(formerly known as the Three Amigos)

48 posted on 02/13/2016 5:51:59 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Rubio is Puss in Boots.


49 posted on 02/13/2016 5:52:37 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: jimbo807

Cruz is sour puss.


50 posted on 02/13/2016 5:55:37 AM PST by smoothsailing
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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?


51 posted on 02/13/2016 5:56:02 AM PST by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

He’s dropping out any day. Jeb has his number. You’ll see... /barf


52 posted on 02/13/2016 5:56:11 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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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%


53 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)
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To: Lib-Lickers 2

Did not hear about that.


54 posted on 02/13/2016 5:57:04 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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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)
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To: newfreep

Excellent! Thanks for posting.


56 posted on 02/13/2016 5:59:30 AM PST by smoothsailing
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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?

 

57 posted on 02/13/2016 6:02:09 AM PST by HLPhat (Preventing Global Cooling one tank full at a time!)
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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.


58 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)
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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.


59 posted on 02/13/2016 6:07:14 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: smoothsailing

60 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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