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Poll: Cruz cuts into Trump's SC lead
The Hill ^ | February 19, 2016 | Tristan Lejeune

Posted on 02/19/2016 4:56:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released Friday finds Donald Trump leading the GOP presidential field by only 5 points in South Carolina, down from 16 points a month ago.

The RealClearPolitics average of polls still finds Trump ahead of the pack by double digits going into Saturday's South Carolina primary, but Friday's survey reports Trump has 28 percent support among likely Republican voters, down from 36 percent in January. Nearest rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) gets 23 percent, up from 20 last month.

Trump and Cruz are followed by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) with 15 percent, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 13 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Ben Carson tied at 9 percent.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; cruz; gopprimary; poll; sc2016; southcarolina
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

WSJ already got busted pushing fake polls.

They lie... imagine that?


81 posted on 02/19/2016 6:19:49 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Trump only leading by 5 points? A Cruz win is totally doable!

Ted Cruz 2016!


82 posted on 02/19/2016 6:20:16 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Meh, I’m talking right past you. Continue to dig your heels in with Cruz and Jeff Roe.

Good luck on Saturday.


83 posted on 02/19/2016 6:22:07 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: randita

“So that’s two polls which show that Cruz is gaining support in SC.”

I’m not sure it is a case of Cruz gaining as it is of Trump bleeding votes. Rubio also seems to be rising.

I just am flabbergasted that Trump, the other day, stood there and insulted all the voters of SC by telling them their Senator(Graham) was the “dumbest person”. And Trump questions Cruz’ judgement? And then he accuses GWB, in a nationally televised debate, of outright lying about Saddam and WMD to justify starting a war? What a bombastic jerk! And people want him as president?


84 posted on 02/19/2016 6:22:46 AM PST by mtrott
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Color me paranoid but are they trying to set up so if they cheat they can say they predicted a trend? Billions of $ against Trump. For example, Rupert Murdoch who owns Fox & WSJ wrote this article for open borders and no H1b cap.

Immigration Reform Can't Wait

That link should be posted with every Fox poll and every WSJ pro-amnesty article.

85 posted on 02/19/2016 6:24:13 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Color me paranoid but are they trying to set up so if they cheat they can say they predicted a trend? Billions of $ against Trump. For example, Rupert Murdoch who owns Fox & WSJ wrote this article for open borders and no H1b cap.

Immigration Reform Can't Wait

That link should be posted with every Fox poll and every WSJ pro-amnesty article.

86 posted on 02/19/2016 6:25:01 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: xzins

I think that’s a likely tightening. Trump still ahead. Consolidation to Cruz in 2nd.

We’ll see.


87 posted on 02/19/2016 6:30:44 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Make America Grate Again!)
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To: xzins

After Trump’s touchback amnesty the dems will have a lock on all 3 branches of govt. from now on.


88 posted on 02/19/2016 6:32:05 AM PST by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

I heard Ted Cruz on an interview just 10 months ago saying that the illegals will be decided on after we secure the border. IOW, by his plan AFTER he started his campaign, they were staying.


89 posted on 02/19/2016 6:34:51 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: VitacoreVision

Your graphic puts it all into perspective, thanks!

Headlines in the sidebar vary from “Trump extends lead” To “Cruz cuts into Trump’s lead”, very confusing!


90 posted on 02/19/2016 6:36:07 AM PST by CottonBall
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To: xzins; All

https://www.tedcruz.org/cruz-immigration-plan-summary/

https://www.tedcruz.org/cruz-immigration-plan/


91 posted on 02/19/2016 6:38:30 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: xzins

“I heard Ted Cruz on an interview just 10 months ago saying that the illegals will be decided on after we secure the border.”

10 months ago, Trump was saying some different things from what he’s now saying, but that doesn’t seem to concern Trumpeters at all.


92 posted on 02/19/2016 6:44:12 AM PST by mtrott
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To: Iowa David; JWinNC; RasterMaster; SunshinesStormySummerSon; duffee; The Final Harvest; ...

This thing is totally doable!


93 posted on 02/19/2016 6:50:02 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: Donglalinger
Thank you! An excellentg bi lingie summation of this bs!


94 posted on 02/19/2016 6:53:13 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump the lying RNC/GOPe Open Borders elite thugs! Say hell no to their candidates! Go TRUMP!)
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To: Pollster1
As much as I’d like to see Cruz win SC, there is no valid statistical basis for these poll results (posted dozens of times on FR). They were created the same way global warming data are created - by changing the assumptions until the desired answer appeared.
95 posted on 02/19/2016 6:57:06 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump the lying RNC/GOPe Open Borders elite thugs! Say hell no to their candidates! Go TRUMP!)
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To: xzins

Trump still supports touchback amnesty which will bring in 60 million or more legally.


96 posted on 02/19/2016 6:58:59 AM PST by IMR 4350
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To: sparklite2

“The last NBC/WSJ poll was, to put it mildly,
and outlier. This once, unsurprisingly, is
one, too. Saturday’s voting should put paid
to this nonsense.”

In other words, all polls that are negative toward your guy are outliers but all those that are positive to the Donald, they are good as gold?


97 posted on 02/19/2016 7:02:16 AM PST by gbscott1954 (Why not a real Conservative?)
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To: IMR 4350

You really don’t know who or how the process will be for returnees. But we do know that Cruz favored just letting them stay until he got hammered on it a few months ago.

So, what does that tell you about where his heart is?

It’s with his immigrant dad who came to this country with a 100 bucks in his underwear and washed dishes for 50 cents an hour.


98 posted on 02/19/2016 7:03:54 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: MNJohnnie

It’s called spinning and every candidate does it. Donald, bless holy name, did it after Iowa!


99 posted on 02/19/2016 7:05:01 AM PST by gbscott1954 (Why not a real Conservative?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Now we know why Trump’s been particularly nasty last few days

There was speculation his internal polls were scaring the crap out of him

Seems to have been the case

Trump meltdown coming in 3... 2... 1


100 posted on 02/19/2016 7:05:39 AM PST by Reaganite Republican (FREEDOM - OPPORTUNITY - PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY)
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