Posted on 03/31/2016 7:31:57 PM PDT by DrewsDad
Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in the Republican nomination contest in Wisconsin, according to a Fox Business Network Poll released Thursday.
Cruz garners 42 percent among Wisconsin likely GOP primary voters, while Trump receives 32 percent. John Kasich comes in third with 19 percent.
Among just those who say they will “definitely” vote, Cruz’s lead over Trump widens to 46-33 percent, and Kasich gets 16 percent.
There is a big gender gap. Women back Cruz over Trump by a 19-point margin (46-27 percent). The two candidates are much closer among men: Cruz gets 40 percent to Trump’s 35 percent.
Cruz’s advantage over the real estate mogul also comes from self-described “very” conservative voters, who give him a 36-point lead (61 percent Cruz vs. 25 percent Trump).
White evangelical Christians voting in the GOP primary prefer Cruz over Trump by 49-28 percent. Trump has beaten Cruz among this key voting bloc in more than 10 contests so far, according to the Fox News exit poll.
Cruz is ahead of Trump among those with a college degree (42-30 percent) as well as those without a degree (44-34 percent).
Independents can vote in Wisconsin’s open primary -- and are more inclined to back Trump (37 percent) than Cruz (26 percent) or Kasich (26 percent).
Meanwhile, independents are equally likely to opt to vote in the Republican primary (50 percent) as the Democratic primary (50 percent).
The Wisconsin primary is April 5. Even so, more than one in five likely GOP primary voters say they might change their mind over the next few days (22 percent). That includes 40 percent of Kasich supporters, 18 percent of Cruz supporters, and 15 percent of Trump supporters.
The ambivalence of Kasich supporters is better news for Cruz than Trump, as the Ohio governor’s backers are more than twice as likely to name Cruz as their second choice candidate.
Dissatisfaction with the current slate of candidates is clear.
Many wish there were another name on the ballot. If Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker were still in the race, 44 percent of GOP primary voters say they would vote for him. That puts him more than 20 points ahead of the pack: Trump gets 21 percent, Cruz 17 percent and Kasich 12 percent.
In that hypothetical scenario, 59 percent of Cruz’s supporters and 31 percent of Trump’s, defect to Walker.
Walker, one of the first GOP heavyweights to drop out of the race, endorsed Cruz Tuesday.
Rupert Murdock and crew getting told what they want to hear.
Is this the 13th or 14th time this poll in way or another has been posted in the last 12 hours? I’ve lost count.
Plus Fox is the same liars that had Trump up three nationally recently, while everyone else has him up by nine or more. Fox commissions this bologna polls so they can talk about them on their propaganda channel, while ignoring all the other ones that show better numbers for Trump.
If Cruz wins the general, we’ll have our first President walking in the door with his pants full of crabs.
Someone is pushing this for all it’s worth.
Other polls show it neck and neck.
By Monday night trump will be +3
I think you are overstepping the tact threshold.
“If Cruz wins the general, we’ll have our first President walking in the door with his pants full of crabs.”
The 2nd. Bill Clinton won that award.
Maybe so
My apologies. I didn’t see it posted on RCP until just now. I looked for keywords of Cruz, Trump, and Polls.
The pulldown switch to Title is a bit flakey on my browser.
Wisconsin GOP Polls 2016: Trump & Cruz in an Even Race
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3416166/posts
Yep...
I did post the link to Wisconsin RCP, so you can take your pick.
Ted McCain Bush III has to win or it is over. The entire establishment is all in so they have to pull this out.
Pray America wakes
I did...
The Cruzade for a contested convention is baffling. I just can’t understand how batchitz crazy you have to be to honestly think Cruz will get the nomination once the GOPe gets their hands on the delegates. He is not even on their short list.
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