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Poll: Trump leads GOP race nationally but with weaker hold on the party
The Washington Post ^ | 3/8/16 | Dan Balz and Scott Clement

Posted on 03/08/2016 7:01:18 AM PST by justlittleoleme

The Post-ABC poll finds that more than half of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents think Trump is dishonest, does not understand their problems, lacks the right experience, and does not have the right personality and temperament to be an effective president. By contrast, more than 6 in 10 Republicans say Cruz is honest, empathetic, and has the right temperament and experience; similar shares say Rubio has the first three qualities, while half say he has the right experience.

In a hypothetical head-to-head test of strength between Trump and Cruz, Republicans say they prefer the senator by 54 to 41 percent. Rubio is a narrower favorite in a one-on-one test against Trump, with an edge of 51 to 45 percent. The survey did not test a Trump-Kasich face-off.

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Among all Americans, Trump has a more negative image by far than Cruz or Rubio or than Clinton. Two in 3 adults say they have an unfavorable impression of Trump,

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Matched against his remaining rivals, Trump continues to perform slightly better among Republicans without college degrees than those who are university graduates, although he has an edge with both groups. He has a wider lead among voters younger than 50 than with older voters. Among white evangelical Christians, Trump narrowly trails Cruz, but among non-evangelicals and white Catholics, his lead is almost 2 to 1.

Matched directly against Cruz, though, Trump loses voters with or without college degrees, voters who see themselves as working class and middle class, and those with higher and lower incomes. Trump loses conservatives against Cruz, especially those who say they are “very conservative,” and the two tie among moderate and liberal Republicans.


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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; gop; trump
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1 posted on 03/08/2016 7:01:18 AM PST by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

I guess we can cancel the remaining primaries and change the results of the ones that have already been held then.


2 posted on 03/08/2016 7:03:33 AM PST by Religion and Politics
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To: justlittleoleme

...and how do pollsters find Hillary or Crazy Bernie?


3 posted on 03/08/2016 7:03:50 AM PST by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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To: justlittleoleme

The Washington Post is one of the most biased publications on earth. Its “news coverage” is indistinguishable from DNC propaganda.


4 posted on 03/08/2016 7:04:25 AM PST by Starboard
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To: justlittleoleme

You are about to be belittled by Trump fans!


5 posted on 03/08/2016 7:04:26 AM PST by the_boy_who_got_lost
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To: justlittleoleme

The onslaught is brutal from media and donor class ads. All you Cruz bots can have some glee. Might work. We shall see today. Question is... how can you live with yourself knowing you are a patsy.


6 posted on 03/08/2016 7:05:10 AM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: Insigne123

In the Democratic race, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton still leads Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, but her national margin is the smallest in a Post-ABC poll since the beginning of the campaign. The new poll shows Clinton as the favorite of 49 percent of registered Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents compared with Sanders, whose support is at 42 percent. That seven-point lead for Clinton compares with her 19-point advantage in January.


7 posted on 03/08/2016 7:05:30 AM PST by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

Just another way of saying the professional democans and republicrats are planning to steal the election from the American people.

What’s new in Washington?


8 posted on 03/08/2016 7:06:54 AM PST by Jack Hammer (uff said.)
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9 posted on 03/08/2016 7:07:16 AM PST by justlittleoleme
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To: Lagmeister

[Question is... how can you live with yourself knowing you are a patsy.]

CRUZ supporters are voting for him because they believe he is the best candidate. Demeaning comments like this do not help your cause, and has diminished TRUMP support on this site.


10 posted on 03/08/2016 7:08:03 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Religion and Politics

I guess it’s “We don’t care what the people think, it’s what the ‘Party’ thinks”. It’s the GOPolitburo.


11 posted on 03/08/2016 7:09:07 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: Lagmeister

Or supporting a crony capitalist. Your call.


12 posted on 03/08/2016 7:15:51 AM PST by Reagan Disciple (Peace through Strength)
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To: justlittleoleme

Rubio and Kasich need to drop out.


13 posted on 03/08/2016 7:16:46 AM PST by Durbin
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To: All; bobsunshine

Far Left Radicals and US Lawmaker Plot to Take Over Trump Chicago Rally....

GatewayPundit ^ | March 8, 2016 | Kristinn Taylor
Posted on 3/8/2016, 7:03:08 AM by bob sunshine

Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has kicked up a hornet’s nest of angry leftists with his planned rally this Friday at the University of Illinois-Chicago’s UIC Pavillion.

After efforts failed to get the rally cancelled, thousands are planning to protest Trump including students, aldermen and at least one congressman, Rep. Luis Gutierrez.

The UIC Pavillion can hold about 10,000 people. Anti-Trump organizers are encouraging protesters to get tickets to the rally in such numbers so as to take it over.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406593/posts


14 posted on 03/08/2016 7:16:55 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Become a monthly donor to Free Republic and eliminate Freepathons!)
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To: justlittleoleme

https://t.co/S6bZgCeLXj

Don’t forget who he stands for...


15 posted on 03/08/2016 7:17:03 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: Jack Hammer
Just another way of saying the professional democans and republicrats are planning to steal the election from the American people.

Sad. :(
16 posted on 03/08/2016 7:17:54 AM PST by Canedawg (Good fences make good neighbors.)
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To: Lagmeister

“Question is... how can you live with yourself knowing you are a patsy.”

Yet you expect us to rally around your candidate if he’s the nominee? Keep it up.


17 posted on 03/08/2016 7:18:30 AM PST by Durbin
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To: Lagmeister

Quite frankly, just do what I’m going to do.

If the Cruz people and their GOPe allies manage to take out Trump, then just kick back for the rest of the election as the media heaps hell on Cruz and watch him crash and burn like the Hindenburg by mid-July.

You will actually get some enjoyment as FR becomes 6 months of his self-righteous fanbase wailing and crying about how bias the media is and how they aren’t laying a glove on Hillary, or how the GOPe is sabotaging Cruz. You will see Cruz’s media arm get obliterated as NRO, REdState, Glen Beck and Levin get swept aside by Buzzfeed, John Oliver, Slate, and HuffPo’s hit pieces ALONE!

Because they are either so stupid as to NOT know that this is coming....or they are complete liars.


18 posted on 03/08/2016 7:20:15 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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Hillary To Lose The FBI Primary
American Thinker ^ | March 8, 2016 | Daniel John Sobieski
Posted on 3/8/2016, 5:49:36 AM by raptor22

An analysis published Sunday in the Washington Post of the emails found on Hillary Clinton’s private server included emails Hillary herself sent that contained classified information. That she should have known the information she herself put in these emails should be classified, and having the power herself to classify them, puts the lie to her claim that she is innocent of wrongdoing because others did not mark them classified.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406557/posts


19 posted on 03/08/2016 7:22:28 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Become a monthly donor to Free Republic and eliminate Freepathons!)
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To: justlittleoleme

[Among all Americans, Trump has a more negative image by far than Cruz or Rubio or than Clinton. Two in 3 adults say they have an unfavorable impression of Trump,]

It’s time to rally around so conservative fighter, Ted Cruz!


20 posted on 03/08/2016 7:22:57 AM PST by KansasGirl (Ted Cruz for President!)
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