Ted Cruz has won the Kansas Republican caucuses and is ahead in ME as the Texas senator seeks to use the Super Saturday contests to bolster his argument that he is the only viable alternative to Donald Trump.
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In recent days, Our Principle and its allies have flooded the airwaves with a wave of anti-Trump messages the group insists are now taking hold.
Cruz and Kasich best Trump by an identical 17 points, 57 percent to 40 percent, while Rubio beats Trump by 13 points, 56 percent to 43 percent. Though Trump won the state, the three suburban Cincinnati counties in Northern Kentucky – Boone, Kenton and Campbell – all went for Cruz. Rubio has defied those calls, but he’s also said he would drop out if he fails to win his home state.
Meanwhile, 32 percent of respondents now insist they would “never” vote for Trump and 30 percent of that total argue they feel “strongly” about their position.
Many mainstream Republicans have been offended by Trump’s statements on Muslims, immigrants and women and alarmed by his threats to global trade deals.
More than 60 percent of all voters in the USA say Donald Trump is damaging the Republican Party’s image, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey released Wednesday.
Ted Cruz, bouncing back after Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday triumph, scored easy victories Saturday in Kansas and ME – while the billionaire candidate won in Louisiana.
Saturday’s clashes between Clinton and Sanders, and a Democratic caucus in ME on Sunday, will set the stage for the CNN Democratic debate on Sunday night in Flint, Michigan.
On the Democratic side, the Tribune poll finds former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with a wide lead over Vermont Sen.
Bernie Sanders ended strong on Saturday, winning the two caucuses of the night in Kansas and Nebraska.
Trump has questioned Cruz’s eligibility to be president, because the Texas lawmaker was born on Canadian soil.
The day’s big loser appeared to be Florida Sen. In Florida, Rubio faces the possibility of a humbling and potentially campaign-ending loss.
Sanders lost no time crowing about the Kansas victory in a fundraising appeal in which he expressed delight over his “political revolution”. “The only remaining candidates are 100 percent anti-establishment”. Marco Rubio, who was shut out, leaving him still with just a single primary win – in Minnesota.
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So far, Trump leads the delegate chase with 458, followed by Cruz with 359, Rubio with 151 and Kasich with 54.
