Posted on 02/17/2016 3:24:53 PM PST by dlt
In a new poll in South Carolina, Donald Trump holds a strong lead among likely Republican primary voters with 33% of the vote, followed by Ted Cruz (20%) and Marco Rubio (19%). John Kasich and Jeb Bush are far behind, with 9% each, and Ben Carson comes in last with 5%, despite a two-year focus on the state and the highest favorability rating (70%) of all the Republican candidates.
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Dear Lord,
Please let Ted Cruz finish 3rd in South Carolina.
In Jesus name,
Amen.
This poll is showing movement in the right direction. Trump is down to just a 13 point lead. Hopefully that lead will continue to evaporate so that Cruz can pass him by Saturday.
It wouldn’t bother me at all if Cruz got another well deserved bitch slap like he did in NH only this time by Rubio or insert name here______ for 2nd.
It’s showing him far ahead with Rubio one point behind Cruz, now with the endorsement of the state governor.
But in the land of Cruz and nuts is that seen as “lead will continue to evaporate so that Cruz can pass him by Saturday”.
It’s almost like you guys just create little narrative fairy tails to pass between each other in order to keep you off the ledge.
13 points is a big hurdle
Trump will win SC easily on saturday
Cruz with another third place heading to Nevada where he is already third and sinking
God answers prayers. Join me in praying for his demise.
Depends...what was the Emerson SC poll last time? Number fluctuations between the same polling from one polling period to the next, matter. Number fluctuations between different polling companies are apples and oranges.
This is the first Emerson poll out of S Carolina. The others show leads of 19,16,19,17,17 taken at the same time. No judgement can be made on movement.
This is just one poll. I don't think it's accurate to say he's down to just a 13 point lead. Other polls conducted at the same time find Trump any further ahead. All the indications are that Trump is going to romp on Saturday. And he's way ahead in the Nevada Caucus. If Trump wins both of those, I'm struggling to see how Cruz can win the nomination.
Nice big defeat for Ted. Emerson shows Trump winning five of the seven districts, meaning he’ll get those delegates ON TOP of his statewide win.
Same prayer except Cruz last and Bush above him....
GO.TRUMP.GO ALL THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE!!!
Kind of irrelevant. Emerson was the last poll out of IA and had it right, had NH with Trump winning, but but low on Trump.
Some of the uninformed Democrats may come into the Republican primary; they will then be ineligible to vote the following Saturday for Mrs. Bill. They won’t be happy learning this.
But, but, but if we don’t vote for Cruz, aren’t we all going to go to Hell?
Good.
~~Go Trump Go~~~~Go Trump Go~~
Tue Feb 16 was deadline for mail-in Ein SC.
All this week is early voting in SC.
How many mail-in and early voters has each campaign delivered?
How many total votes so far?
In GA early voting is the entire month of February. So I voted early today.... for Cruz, of course. When faced with the reality, Cruz was the obvious best choice.
The county election officials state that the early turnout is less this year than 2 years ago during the Senate race.
Of course, early voting is all about the ground game. In my last ground game effort in IL (2013) before moving to GA, I got about 20 voters to the polls each week day of early voting and about 50 to the polls on Saturday. Most of that was to the vote mobile in the supermarket parking lot. Less was to government offices.
If there were a real ground game in GA, the early voting would be much higher than it apparently is.
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