Posted on 02/22/2016 6:33:57 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Businessman Donald Trump led the six-candidate GOP field, with 28 percent of those who said they would vote in the Illinois Republican primary, well ahead of the 15 percent who preferred Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Close behind were Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (14 percent) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (13 percent).
Bush and retired surgeon Ben Carson were in the single digits, at 8 percent and 6 percent, respectively. The remaining respondents said they either did not know (15 percent) or would vote for someone else (1 percent). The sample of 306 Republicans was part of a statewide poll of 1,000 registered voters conducted from Feb.15 through Feb. 20. The GOP voter sample has a margin of error of 5.6 percent.
Charlie Leonard, a political scientist who helped supervise the poll, said, "Journalists always ask me if there is something surprising in a poll result. A part of me is surprised that Donald Trump leads significantly in a state known for its moderate Republicans, from Everett Dirksen to Jim Edgar to Mark Kirk. On the other hand, the 'not-Trump' vote, combined, swamps the pro-Trump vote, with somewhere around one in seven voters still up for grabs.
"The other thing that is somewhat surprising was the relatively weak showing of Jeb Bush versus the other so-called 'mainstream' Republicans," Leonard said. A similarly weak showing on Saturday in South Carolina's Republican primary led to Bush suspending his campaign after the polls closed.
David Yepsen, institute director, said, "While this is good news for Trump, the poll also illustrates a problem for him; there are 72 percent of Illinois Republicans who are for someone else or are undecided. If the non-Trump vote rallies around a single candidate, Trump could be upended."
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Cruz 15%
Rubio 14%
Kasich 13%
Bush 8%
Carson 6%
Woo Hoo!!! GO TRUMP!!
PING!
Kasich thinks he can get 2nd place in ILL.
Midwest “least favorite son”
Cruz “dropped out” . 80% of his followers go TRUMP!! Read it and weep. Rubio is for AMNESTY!!
KaSicko doesn’t understand the people of Ill.! LOL
28%!! WOW!! DOMINATING!! UNSTOPPABLE!! INEVITABLE!! END OF STORY!! WE ALL MUST UNITE BEHIND HIM!!
That is sooooo cool. I wish I could do that!! Awesome!!
YEP!!! 28%!! WOW!! TRUMP DOMINATING!! UNSTOPPABLE!! INEVITABLE!! END OF STORY FOR THE OTHER CANDIDATES!! WE ALL MUST UNITE BEHIND TRUMP!! YEP!!!
There is no point in even speaking to someone who posts 10 Trump threads a day.
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