The poll, released Wednesday by NBC News/Wall Street Journal, shows Trump dropping to second place behind Ted Cruz for the first time since October 2015.
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Trump’s attorney sent Cruz a letter Tuesday charging the ad was “replete with outright lies, false, defamatory and destructive statements” and saying Cruz could be held liable for damages if it’s not taken down.
Perry writes that the Rubio campaign is falsely accusing the Cruz campaign of negative push polling in SC days before the state’s primary. “If we win in SC, we feel we could run the table”, Trump told a crowd of cheering supporters in Walterboro, a line he has repeated throughout the state this week. “No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith”.
– 47% of Americans would like President Obama to appoint the next Supreme Court justice, while 46% would like the new justice appointed by whoever is elected President in November.
In the USA Today poll, Cruz has 20 percent support, while in the CBS News poll the Texas senator receives 18 percent.
The new figures demonstrate Trump earning 26 percent of the Republican primary vote, while Cruz has 28 percent. The top three candidates remain the same. Marco Rubio has solidified his third-place position, rising four points in the past month to 17% support. “However, when I saw Gowdy and Scott and the governor come out; that sealed the deal for me”, said rally attendee Shena Hendrix. Including their numbers in this average would not alter the post-debate averages, and reduce Trump’s pre-debate number from 38 to 37 (after rounding).
One of the beneficiaries in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll is Ohio Governor John Kasich, who has doubled his support among likely Republican primary voters from where it was before the New Hampshire primary.
Pollster Bill McInturff says the result may signal a permanent change as the field narrows.
“It’s hard for me to be lectured to by a gifted young guy who thinks going to committee hearings means you know something about the world”, Bush said in Summerville.
The fewer candidates has so far benefited Mr Trump’s rivals.
Unenrolled voters make up 53 percent of the stat’e’s electorate, dwarfing registered Democrats (36 percent) and Republicans (11 percent.) The name is deceiving; “unenrolled” voters are registered to vote, but do not formally belong to either reigstered party and are commonly called “independent” (not to be confused with the new, officially recognized United Independent Party).
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The poll was conducted from February 14-16.
