The survey also found voters in both parties said they feel differently about backing the current front-runners in the general election. “By exceeding expectations in Iowa, Marco Rubio is converting likability to electability even more so than Ted Cruz, who, like many conservative Iowa winners of the past like Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, can’t seem to convert an Iowa win into a major showing in New Hampshire”.
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Obama visited a mosque near Baltimore on Wednesday, declaring that attacks on Islam were an attack on all faiths, in a move to counter rhetoric from Trump and other Republican candidates that have alienated Muslims.
On Thursday evening, CNN and its partner WMUR released a new poll of the Republican field in New Hampshire, one of the first from a major firm in the race after Iowa – and one that can be compared to a survey from right before the caucuses. He launched a series of Twitter rants calling for a new election because he believes Cruz did not actually win the state and instead committed voter fraud to win the Republican Iowa caucuses.
Quinnipiac said among Republicans, 30 per cent say they “would definitely not support” Trump, while 15 per cent say no to Cruz and seven percent say no to Rubio. “You know the crowds I’ve been getting up there”.
At a Washington press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Carson said the Cruz campaign tried to “distort” information and claimed the interference impacted the outcome of the race. Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush are then a few points behind them.
For Trump, the result marks a dramatic comedown from December, when he lead Cruz, his nearest rival, by a 34% to 18% margin in the PPP survey.
In another tweet, Cruz suggested Trump join the Democrat Party if he’s going to contest the Iowa Caucus vote.
In head-to-head matchups, Rubio would defeat former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 48 percent to 41 percent, and tie Vermont Sen. None of the remaining Republican candidates received more than 5% of the vote.
The intensity of the rhetoric is a sign of how much is riding on New Hampshire, the perception that Rubio is on the rise and the degree to which his rivals have a common interest in stopping him.
A handful of polls conducted this week show Christie losing ground following Monday’s Iowa caucus, where he finished 10th. The poll shows the three lagging behind the top candidates, with Mr Kasich drawing 10 per cent, Mr Bush 9 per cent and Mr Christie 4 per cent.
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Sandra Riendeau, co-chair for the Trump Campaign in Coos County, New Hampshire. “He said that Ben Carson, who’s a fantastic guy, had dropped out”. I love them. I mean, they are fantastic people.
