States voting in 2016, in chronological order and current or last polls:
Date State # Delegates Poll Leader % # Lead by
February 1, 2016 Iowa 30 Carson 27 5.7
February 9, 2016 New Hampshire 23 Trump 26.7 12
February 20, 2016 South Carolina 50 Trump 33.7 16
February 23, 2016 Nevada 30 Trump 38 16
March 1, 2016 Alabama 50 Trump 38 21
March 1, 2016 Alaska 28 Cruz 16 1
March 1, 2016 Arkansas 40 Huckabee 39 31
March 1, 2016 Georgia 76 Trump 32.5 11
March 1, 2016 Massachusetts 42 Trump 48 34
March 1, 2016 Minnesota 38 --Walker (out) 19 (next) Trump 18 3
March 1, 2016 Oklahoma 43 Cruz 4 (Jan 2015) 4
March 1, 2016 Tennessee 58 Trump 52 (Straw Poll)
March 1, 2016 Texas 155 Trump 21 5
March 1, 2016 Vermont 16 No Data!
March 1, 2016 Virginia 49 Trump 23 6
March 1, 2016 Wyoming 29 Paul 19 5
Note that for whatever reason, the poll for Alaska, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming does not have Trump at all; Oklahoma was last polled in January; and no one has bothered to poll the Peoples Republic of Vermont at all!
Just FYI: Iowa doesn’t pick national convention delegates until May 31st.
All polls are from Real Clear Politics latest averages except Tennessee, which only has a straw poll. Now, keep in mind that Alaska, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming do not even have Trump as a candidate! (Why???)
I would not doubt that Trump leads in them, if an accurate count is done.
What this data REALLY tell us?
That Trump is incredibly strong!
Look at three hugely politically disparate states: Alabama, Massachusetts and Nevada. Trump leads is huge in all three. That really says something.
Ambassadors are of two types: career FSOs given the rank of ambassador
and political/presidential appointees. Both are regarded, however, as
direct representatives of the president and, therefore, would
presumably report to the president, with a dotted line relationship to
the State Dept. Is this true in practice?
If US ambassadors are indeed the senior US reps in the countries to
which they are posted, do they have unilateral authority over American
military commanders also posted there, and, if not, why not?