Asked if they think “being Speaker will help Ryan represent the people in his district or will it require him to pay more attention to issues outside his district?”, 23 percent say it will help him represent the district while 63 percent think it will require his attention to issues outside the district. Trump leads Clinton by 8.7 points (49.2 percent to 40.5 percent). Then again, though, Cruz doesn’t really need to pass Trump right now; the guy he needs to pass is Carson, making him the clear frontrunner in Iowa and the Christian conservative champion in the race overall. Marco Rubio also received 13 percent to tie Carson for second place.
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Shapard warns a lot can happen between now and election night, especially as candidates drop out of the race and votes shift to others. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points for the full sample.
Utah State University political science professor Damon Cann said Utahns’ support for Carson shows “respect for people of strong faith, generally speaking”. The attack ads against him are still to come, but unless Trump decides to cheap out on his fans and not lay down a few serious money for ads of his own, he should have plenty of ammo himself. Take a break, Jeb Bush.
The favorability ratings for numerous candidates are low.
More than one-third of those who watched the debate, 36 percent, said Rubio did the best job, followed by 16 percent who named Texas Sen.
“I don’t like missing votes, but the reason I do is because I’m running for president”, he said.
And more than 60% said Carson is more honest and trustworthy and cares more about “people like you” when compared to Trump.
Pucci added there is “no room for an Islamophobe like Trump or Carson” in light of the current global affairs. For instance, registered Republicans and those who lean that way are more in agreement with President Barack Obama on two controversial immigration policies than with the views of many of their party’s White House candidates.
“If you look at the United States from any other country, it’s ridiculous that a television celebrity is being taken seriously and would represent the United States in global affairs”, Rosenfield said.
Why does Trump, who continues to offer little in the way of specifics, impress voters at a time when conventional wisdom would suggest experience is paramount?
Earlier this week, his campaign put out a map focusing on Syrian refugees, but totally botched it.
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Rosenfield also believe that Sanders may be unfairly represented in polls.
