Posted on 10/27/2015 3:52:48 PM PDT by randita
Ben Carson is the new frontrunner in Iowa.
A poll out on Monday from Monmouth University shows the neurosurgeon pulling ahead –- and now quickly pulling away –- from Donald Trump by double-digits in the Hawkeye state. It's the third consecutive poll to show Carson ahead, after the real estate mogul had led the crucial first-in-the-nation caucus state for more than three months.
Trump still leads by a broad 10 points nationally in the latest ABC/Washington Post poll, as well as in almost every other state-level poll, including New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. But as one of his strongholds begins to fall, Trump is now blasting pollsters in Iowa and insisting that he still holds first place.
The latest Monmouth poll shows Carson at 32 percent support and Trump at 18 percent. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are tied at 10 percent.
But Carson has been surging in Iowa, even though he has been taking a break from public campaign events over the past few weeks, making only a limited number of visits to Iowa.
So what's causing Iowa voters to trade one outsider for another? Here are five things we've learned from these brand new polls.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Iowa is chock full of socialists and loves ethanol use forced by the gov’t.
depends on the filter that is put on the poll
A short list of the 5 reasons (detailed explanation of each at the website):
1. Iowa evangelical Christians have jumped on the Carson bandwagon (and off Trump’s)
2. Carson’s not only for the die-hard conservatives.
3. Iowa Republicans just think he’s a good guy -– by huge margins.
4. Carson is winning over more men -– and running up the score among women in Iowa.
5. Iowa Republicans agree with what Carson has to say.
Do people in Iowa agree to what he says about amnesty, amnesty being defined as national suicide?
Lies
damn lies
more lies
Statistics
Polls
Carson is a good guy but he would be a sure loser running against the Wicked Witch.
Only Trump or Cruz can beat her.
Maybe Kasich because of his record as governor.
Carson is a good guy but he would be a sure loser running against the Wicked Witch.
Only Trump or Cruz can beat her.
Maybe Kasich because of his record as governor.
This is how your excerpt should read:
1. Iowa evangelical Christians have jumped on the Carson bandwagon (and off Trump’s).
2. Carson’s not only for the die-hard conservatives.
3. Iowa Republicans just think he’s a good guy - by huge margins.
4. Carson is winning over more men - and running up the score among women in Iowa.
5. Iowa Republicans agree with what Carson has to say.
The Republicans in Iowa are demonstrated idiots that vote for the worse candidate repeatedly. I suppose it always comes down to who can recite the most Bible verses to these dullards.
And this time the press really want to help them along because they hope to get rid of Trump, and then demolish Carson.
The number One reason that Carson is ahead in Iowa is that Evangelical Christians do not know he is a member of one of the four major Cults in the world!
I agree Kasich would be a strong candidate for the GE, but he’s as liberal or worse than Jeb.
I just love the replies
1)Lies all lies!!
2)Iowa sucks!!
I think this “big lead” thing is a bunch of b*llsh*t.
Which basically means they're really freakin stupid. Carson runs like a candidate with some guy in the background feeding him red meat sounding slogans which he himself doesn't appear to fully understand or believe in. Trump was accused of having no substance, but this is actually true of Ben. Though I'm surprised he managed to slip through the cracks with his support of amnesty!
What a set up poll...
Are you a concern troll? Do you care about having an imperfect conservative POTUS?
So they admit Gentle Ben is drawing more libs.
When Trump was ahead, Iowans were MENSA members. Now they’re stupid morons. LOL
“Are you a concern troll?”
No, but your post confirms you are an idiot.
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