Sanders’ strength is even
greater in New Hampshire, where he has opened a 14-point lead over Clinton, 53-39 percent, according to a Monmouth University poll. Another rival, Carly Fiorina, is questioning why Cruz waited until 2014 to renounce his Canadian citizenship. The strategy appears to have worked: in a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, two-thirds of Trump supporters said they would consider voting for Cruz.
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Trump and Cruz were also in a virtual tie for the lead in Iowa in the last Quinnipiac Poll released in December. Trump’s support, meanwhile, has not changed significantly, up just 1 percentage point from 21 percent last month.
Christie is back in New Hampshire for a day of campaigning between Tuesday’s State of the State address and Thursday’s Republican presidential debate. But look at the polling averages (such as HuffPollster and Real Clear Politics); with lots of surveys out there, we’re going to hear plenty of noise. If you were a Democrat, would you rather face an ideologue who’s convinced he can win an election exclusively by turning out the right or a charismatic centrist who dominates the media and who’s showed strong appeal among a certain type of Democrat?
A new Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll released Wednesday shows that Texas Sen.
Still, the gloves have not completely come off: While Trump has criticized Cruz’s policy positions on ethanol mandates and portrayed himself as the true leader on border security, Cruz has yet to directly attack the New Yorker’s bona fides on those issues.
In January, Bush lost 12 points bringing his favorability among Republicans to 44 percent, while Carson lost nine points bringing his rating from 72 percent in November to 62 percent. “Rememer that and I’m for ethanol”, said Mr. Trump.
The Republican candidate’s controversial campaign has caught the attention of British punters, the vast majority of whom think he has little chance of becoming president.
Cruz then added that Democrats are eager to see Trump as the GOP nominee and suggested that should raise a red flag. By September, Trump said he was confident Cruz had the legal standing to run. “Voters like Sen. Ted Cruz better than Donald Trump and give him much higher scores for honesty, empathy, experience and for sharing their values”, said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
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There is ample evidence that the Establishment does not view Cruz as an acceptable alternative to Trump. Cruz said, “She’s been an American citizen all 81 years of her life”.
