We just saw the Iowa caucuses last week and New Hampshire primary yesterday.
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Donald Trump is pulling an ad hitting Ted Cruz for his stance on immigration and replacing it with a positive spot in SC. That consensus was shattered by his poor showing coming off of a panned debate performance wherein Chris Christie masterfully exposed Rubio’s tendency to repeat well-rehearsed talking points when under pressure.
However, with more than 80 percent of New Hampshire precincts reporting, Trump received 35.3 percent of the overall vote, around 100,406 total, and 30-40 percent of the vote among many demographic groups. But they also tend to be more accepting of brutal personal attacks on candidates, which Trump can both dish out and take.
Former Florida Gov Jeb Bush and Florida Sen Marco Rubio vied for third place along with Cruz, ensuring all would press on to the next contest – the Feb 20 SC primary.
GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush is defending his decision to bring his brother, former President George W. Bush, to SC to help him campaign.
Though Cruz said the first caucus and the first primary play a huge role in the primary process, he told Gallagher that SC is more important.
Those aren’t an issue for Bush.
US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a rally February 8, 2016 in Manchester, NH.
Even though the voters called Trump’s characteristic antics “crass” and “not professional”, they said “he’s espousing what the people are feeling” a predicted that his exceptionally passionate followers would carry him to a SC victory.
Should Bush drop, Rubio could likely leapfrog back ahead of Kasich and solidify himself as the alternative to Bush.
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Christie finished in sixth place, with 7.5 percent of the vote, leaving him to say he would return home to consider his options. But Trump did roughly the same among people who feel betrayed by Republican politicians and those who don’t. Trump has been able to tap into the angst and anger that many Americans feel about the economy and national security after seven years with Barack Obama in the White House. Given how the Sanders campaign has tried to paint Hillary Clinton as a political insider, he took 86 percent of the vote among those who wanted the next president to be from outside political establishment. We are going to start winning again. What’s more, for the first time in Morning Consult’s polling of the race, Sanders boasts a higher favorability rating among Democrats, enjoying the approval of 78 percent of his party’s voters, compared to 75 percent for Clinton. We’ll find out a week from Saturday whether anyone can wrest it away. He’s got momentum on his side.
