Republican contender Ben Carson expressed his opinion in September on how he does not believe the country should elect a Muslim president because Islam is inconsistent with the Constitution. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio plus Carly Fiorina, who each drew a lonely 1 percent.
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The closest Kasich came to directly naming any of his opponents was a mention of “Veto Corleone”, a nickname of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for his line-item spending vetoes. About 50 percent were undecided.
“When you behave in an exasperated way toward, say, Carson, toward Trump, toward the so-called crazies, you’re also implicating a fair number of Republican primary voters, who actually think that Trump and Carson have something to say”, Scala said.
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“You make that up pretty quickly so that’s not by any stretch pie in the sky”, Carson said. Bush criticized Rubio’s absenteeism, and Rubio shot back that Bush was doing so only to help his own campaign. Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina turned in a strong performance against Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former New York Gov. George Pataki and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. That poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.
The only clear loser that emerged from the third in a series of GOP debates ahead of the 2016 election, featuring the top 10 candidates based on their rankings in the polls, may have been the news media.
Trump now leads Carson by +5 points, 28% to 23%. Walker and Texas Governor Rick Perry have since dropped out of the race.
But give this much to the pair of political outsiders, and especially Trump: They’ve shown more resilience than nearly anyone expected, and a Trump nomination in particular can no longer simply be dismissed.
“Half the voters admit they are undecided, and those who have chosen a candidate freely admit they might change their minds before the February vote”, said Clemson political scientist Dave Woodard, who conducted the poll. Rubio and Bush are in a near tie with 12% and 11% respectively. The same is true for Cruz who is stuck at 6%.
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