Posted on 08/26/2015 10:28:41 AM PDT by Hojczyk
GOP presidential candidate Gov. Mike Huckabee is doing quite well according to two national polls conducted after the first GOP presidential primary debate.
One poll has Huckabee in second place behind GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and another poll has Huckabee listed with the highest favorability rating among 15 GOP presidential candidates; however, former neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson takes the highest net favorability rating when comparing the results in totality.
A Reuters-Ipsos poll conducted August 21-25 has Huckabee in second behind Trump the only two candidates with double digits in that poll:
Donald Trump 30.1 percent
Mike Huckabee 10.4 percent
Jeb Bush 8.3 percent
Ben Carson 8 percent
Scott Walker 6.7 percent
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)80% 5.1 percent
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)96% 4.4 percent
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)93% 3.9 percent
Carly Fiorina 3.8 percent
John Kasich 2.7 percent
Chris Christie 2.5 percent
Rick Perry 2.3 percent
Bobby Jindal 1.1 percent
Rick Santorum 1 percent
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)47% 0.8 percent
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Yeah, the Huckster’s doing great—he’s up to having one third of the support that Donald Trump has.
Q: Why cant Cruz break 5% on a consistent basis?
A: There are very few of us actual conservatives left in America. This place is ****ed.
re: Did Huckabee pay for that poll?
That is what I am thinking. There has got to be some money connection there. Or possibly Trumps enemies trying to stir up some Evangelical Huckabee Koolaide drinkers.
BTW, no slight intended to evangelicals. I am one.
It is an online poll. Useless.
He is not. He is not for illegal immigration. You should research his actual positions. People are still griping about in state tuition back when he was governor. They should stop having sissified emotional responses and check out what his positions actually are.
Huckabee is very engaging and articulate. He could win if he could get past the emoto-crowd that puts emotion over facts.
There are people here with an agenda, and it has nothing to do with voting conservative. Looks like you are doing analysis and thinking for yourself.
/johnny
Hey Linda Graham would love to have 5%!
Cruz is way too low to find this poll accurate. I just do not buy that he is that low.
Huckster has supported “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” aka amnesty.
Anyone unwilling to uphold the rule of law, and that includes deporting illegal aliens, is unfit for office.
Because polls are BS. They know they cannot lie about Trump’s numbers but they cab try and suppress the real conservative in the race on the hopes Trump burn out and drops. Then Jebbie, Huckster, or other GOPe can step in, just not the most conservative person in the race.
That is not his position. Go to ontheissues.com or to his website.
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/border-security
Ok, here are the details:
He is for deporting illegals within 120 days. People who were brought here as children he thinks should be given a path to citizenship, I guess feeling that is was not their fault.
I think the point about the kids is that they have no memory of living in Mexico nor no ties there. We are not really sending them home. Now I would draw the line on that. I would say that minors must return with their parents. Obviously we cannot rescind citizenship on those born here, but we can change the practice where we do not give citizenship to anchor babies in the future. Children who were brought here as minors but are now adults are kind of a special category. They have no home to go back to in that they are adults. So I can see that as a different category.
Very few people know much about Ted Cruz. He was at about 5% 15 months before his election to the U.S. Senate in Texas.
Once people are exposed to him, they get converted. Don’t worry.
If Trump gets the nomination, you can be sure that Cruz’ grass roots network wil work hard to get Trump elected.
If Trump is the next President, Cruz could very well be the next Senate majority leader.
Some of the evangelical crowd that backed Jeb is now souring on him, with Huck being the default beneficiary of that trend until those voters study the situation further.
Up next? The Huckster - that'll bleed off the neo conservative vote. Or so the media think.
I thought they'd go to Rubio next, though. Maybe they chose Huck 'cause of his demonstrated record of diluting the conservative primary vote allowing the establishment candidate to slip through with a plurality.
Something’s wrong with that poll. No way is Gomer that high. He’s essentially had zero exposure since the debates. Not to mention this poll is at odds with practically every other poll.
You do not know what you are talking about as far as “evangelical voters” go. You really don’t.
Who is your candidate?
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