Posted on 10/14/2015 8:15:40 AM PDT by Isara
He had been in fifth place at 8 percent in the last Fox News poll after having been in third place at 10 percent in Fox's August poll.
As the latest poll shows the Republican presidential contest a neck-and-neck race between two men who have led the contest in recent weeks, a new name has risen to place third.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, now has 10 percent support in a Fox News poll released Tuesday. He had been in fifth place at 8 percent in the last Fox News poll after having been in third place at 10 percent in Foxs August poll.
The most recent poll showed Donald Trump holding his lead with 24 percent support, while Ben Carson was right behind Trump at 23 percent. No other candidate placed in double digits.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was in fourth at 9 percent. Jeb Bush placed fifth at 8 percent. Carly Fiorina, who received a bump in support after last months debate, was tied with former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee at 5 percent. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., had 3 percent support. Other candidates were at 1 percent or less.
Cruz last week said his actions have put distance between him and other members of the Republican pack.
If you look to the records of all the Republican candidates theres a big difference between my record and that of everyone else, Cruz said. If you ask, who has stood up to Washington? Whos taken on not just Democrats, but taken on leaders in their own party? Republican leadership, whether was leading the fight to stop Obamacare? Whether it was leading the fight to stop executive amnesty?
You know at the last Republican debate in California, every Republican candidate stood up there and said, we need to defund Planned Parenthood. But last week, when we had an epic drag down fight in Washington, not one of them showed up, Cruz said.
Poll | Date | Sample | MoE |
Clinton (D)
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Trump (R)
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Spread |
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RCP Average | 9/4 - 10/12 | -- | -- | 45.3 | 43.7 | Clinton +1.6 |
FOX NewsFOX News | 10/10 - 10/12 | 1004 RV | 3.0 | 40 | 45 | Trump +5 |
PPP (D)PPP (D) | 10/1 - 10/4 | 1338 RV | 2.7 | 44 | 44 | Tie |
NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 9/20 - 9/24 | RV | -- | 49 | 39 | Clinton +10 |
QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 9/17 - 9/21 | 1574 RV | 2.5 | 45 | 43 | Clinton +2 |
ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 9/7 - 9/10 | 821 RV | 4.0 | 46 | 43 | Clinton +3 |
CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 9/4 - 9/8 | 930 RV | 3.0 | 48 | 48 | Tie |
Poll | Date | Sample | MoE |
Clinton (D)
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Trump (R)
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Spread |
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RCP Average | 9/4 - 10/12 | -- | -- | 45.3 | 43.7 | Clinton +1.6 |
FOX NewsFOX News | 10/10 - 10/12 | 1004 RV | 3.0 | 40 | 45 | Trump +5 |
PPP (D)PPP (D) | 10/1 - 10/4 | 1338 RV | 2.7 | 44 | 44 | Tie |
NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 9/20 - 9/24 | RV | -- | 49 | 39 | Clinton +10 |
QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 9/17 - 9/21 | 1574 RV | 2.5 | 45 | 43 | Clinton +2 |
ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 9/7 - 9/10 | 821 RV | 4.0 | 46 | 43 | Clinton +3 |
CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 9/4 - 9/8 | 930 RV | 3.0 | 48 | 48 | Tie |
I agree, everyone else is starting to learn from Trump, not to back down to the media and the PC police.
well... not everyone, but the real conservatives.
Agreed, he is looking a bit haggartly in his recent photos.
It looks like the long haul of traveling and campaigning is taking its toll on a 70 year old man.
Ted Cruz can and will hold his own against Hillary.
Besides she IS NOT at this point the shoe in front runner.
I thought Hill could have been easily beaten last night, but none of the Dems had the balls to take her out.
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Yes in deed, 2nd chapter of the book of Ephesians BUT GOD !
Who is rich in mercy where with his great love for us !
This is your perception and it’s apparent you haven’t watched his life or read his books. He negotiates - that is called diplomacy. While these polls are fun to watch - I don’t put a lot of stock in them until the field narrows - or until it gets closer to the election. We still have a long way to go.
I heard Biden won the first DEM debate yesterday.
LOL, another straw grasped at...
The guy is running circles around the rest and you’ve spotted something nobody else has.
He’s looking tired.
This is great, but I’ve said before that saying that not one of the others showed up for the PP defunding in Congress is a bit disingenuous.
Donald Trump cannot do anything in the halls of Congress. He cannot ‘stand up to the Establishment’ in the political realm. He is a private citizen.
One other difference - all these politicians draw their incomes from the taxpayers. Even insider trading is legal for them!
Trump earns his money privately and gets put in jail is convicted of insider trading.
Thanks for posting further context details on Ted Cruz’s record.
I have never seen a candidate as capable of turning around poll numbers as Trump. I cannot explain it but Trump just has "it" when it come to politics and media management.
I suppose many thought that when he started in business too. Never underestimate Trump.
Yeah, cause all those democrats are just dying to cross over for a Republican Intellectual...
It will permit Cruz to unilaterally discard the Iran deal as his first official action as President.Thanks to dimwits like Cruz the wheels are already in motion.
Voting for Corker could leave Israeli and or American blood on Cruz's hands long before you wake up from your wet dream fantasy.
Just curious, from what website did you get the chart?
I think even though he’s extremely well-known to the news junkies like us, we don’t realize how he’s still unknown to a lot of the more casual Republicans. They heard his name once during the Obamacare shutdown and that’s it. If all they know is he’s a “current Senator” that won’t play well. The more he gets his ongoing anti-establishment record out there, the more he will resonate. Then hopefully that’ll be enough for him to get over the “voting for me doesn’t prove you’re not racist” hump and pass Carson out.
He’s moving in the right direction, slowly but surely, just as he did with his Senate campaign.
He was written off then as a sure loser, too, but his unique campaign style worked...and it’s the same one he’s currently using.
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