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Trump's Narrow SC Lead in Internal Poll May Be Reason He's Attacking Cruz
NewsMax ^ | February 15, 2016 | Greg Richter

Posted on 02/16/2016 9:03:45 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Internal polling by the Jeb Bush campaign showing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is within 2 points of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump in South Carolina is leading to speculation that it might be the reason Trump is going after Cruz so hard.

Fox News media reporter Howard Kurtz tweeted about the Bush internals on Sunday and Politico reported on them.

Howard Kurtz

Internal poll for Bush PAC shows much tighter SC race: Trump 26,
Cruz 24, Jeb 12, Rubio 11--while public surveys give Trump
a huge lead

Internal polling by the Jeb Bush campaign showing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is within 2 points of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump in South Carolina is leading to speculation that it might be the reason Trump is going after Cruz so hard.

Fox News media reporter Howard Kurtz tweeted about the Bush internals on Sunday and Politco reported on them.

Here are the results, according to the internal poll:

Donald Trump: 26 percent

Ted Cruz: 24 percent

Jeb Bush: 12 percent

Marco Rubio: 11 percent

Public polls give Trump a much larger margin in South Carolina. The four most recent polls in the state at RealClearPolitics, show Trump ahead by 16 percent to 22 percent....

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


TOPICS: South Carolina; Campaign News; Polls
KEYWORDS: cruz; tedcruz; trump
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To: Helicondelta

Even in Common Core math this adds up to 73%. So Rush, where are the other 27%? Are they evenly divided – that would put both Ben Carson and John Kasich ahead of Bush; are they “undecided?” In that case the margin of error must be laughably high; and by the way what was the MOE and number of respondents?


21 posted on 02/16/2016 9:14:52 AM PST by scooby321
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To: heights

Revealing that you know the name of that website, nicht wehr?


22 posted on 02/16/2016 9:15:22 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeh its called a push poll. Its meaningless. All the credible polls show Trump with a yuge lead in SC. And that’s how he’s going to win on Sat evening. Yuuuge!


23 posted on 02/16/2016 9:15:25 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: DaveyB
Or Trump may be attacking Cruz because Trump is a nasty lying liberal engaging in projection and who really is hoping to derail a genuine conservative uprising by posing as a counterfeit populist.

Looks like you picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue, eh?
24 posted on 02/16/2016 9:15:48 AM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: scooby321

Word is Rubio is coming on and Cruz sinking


25 posted on 02/16/2016 9:15:53 AM PST by scooby321
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Trump 26, Cruz 24”

If you add in some of Ben Carson’s votes Cruz is creaming Trump.


26 posted on 02/16/2016 9:16:36 AM PST by McGruff (Flexibility is a good thing, but you should not be flexible on core principles - Ted Cruz)
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To: nclaurel

Your idol.


27 posted on 02/16/2016 9:16:37 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Even in Common Core math this adds up to 73%. So Rush, where are the other 27%? Are they evenly divided that would put both Ben Carson and John Kasich ahead of Bush; are they undecided? In that case the margin of error must be laughably high; and by the way what was the MOE and number of respondents?


28 posted on 02/16/2016 9:18:08 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Blowback from Trump attacking George Bush? Bush is apparently very popular in SC.


29 posted on 02/16/2016 9:18:18 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: dforest
Candidates do not “leak” internal polls.

Especially ones that don't show your candidate doing well.

30 posted on 02/16/2016 9:19:58 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isn’t it about time for posting the Secret Cruz Army going door-to-door again?


31 posted on 02/16/2016 9:21:01 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You need to quit posting this sorry poll, all your doing is making people laugh at you....this was a Jeb super pack poll and it isn’t what is being shown today:

Huffington Post:

Donald Trump 37.5%
Ted Cruz 21.1%
Marco Rubio 15.5%
Jeb Bush 9.0%
John Kasich 7.9%
Ben Carson 4.9%

The PPP poll came out yesterday and it’s just as close as this one...come on, you can do better than this...


32 posted on 02/16/2016 9:21:13 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You’re particularly nasty today, did Trump crap in your Cheerio’s again? Or just another late night of spamming FR with the same article over and over and over and over ... ?


33 posted on 02/16/2016 9:22:24 AM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Leave my husband alone as he has been the closest thing to my idol for 50 years. But we don’t worship humans do we.


34 posted on 02/16/2016 9:23:10 AM PST by nclaurel
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To: JoSixChip
Looks like you picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue, eh?

Said the Cool-aid addict. Enjoy jonestown Donaldville until your suicide pact is paid in full.

35 posted on 02/16/2016 9:23:44 AM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Everyone - this is a “leaked” Poll from the Jeb Bush camp that was dropped on Sunday.

It’s not only old it’s also ridiculous and is nothing but Jeb! propaganda to show Jeb in a strong third place.

Most REAL polling shows Jeb fighting for fourth with Kasich.

Again look at the PPP, SC House, or Freetime poll. All three taken after the debate and all three show Trump way ahead with Cruz and Rubio fighting for a distant second.


36 posted on 02/16/2016 9:24:45 AM PST by SteveSCH
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Didn’t Chris Krispy tell Me-again Kelly that his internal polls said he was going to do well in New Hampshire, and when he did she should buy him a beer?

Do you think she bought him a beer?


37 posted on 02/16/2016 9:28:44 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Nicht “Wahr”
Not True.
Go Herr Drumpf
a little “German” lingo there for ya. ;)
38 posted on 02/16/2016 9:30:03 AM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: LS

Romney internals had him expand the map to Pennsylvania.

Internals are bogus and used as disinformation.


39 posted on 02/16/2016 9:30:10 AM PST by GeaugaRepublican ("Donald Trump is the last hope for America." Phyllis Schlafly)
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To: chris37

Fat boy is a Democrat in all but name.


40 posted on 02/16/2016 9:30:17 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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