Marco Rubio has 10 percent support and Ben Carson has 9 percent. And 66 percent said he had a good chance of winning the White House next fall, more than Cruz, Trump or Carson, the other three candidates asked about.
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The survey also gauged President Obama’s job approval – with six in 10 voters in IN disapproving of the job he is doing.
By Sunday evening Trump still seemed miffed at Cruz, tweeting, “I was disappointed that Ted Cruz would speak behind my back, get caught, and then deny it. Well, welcome to the wonderful world of politics!”
The real estate tycoon has 41 percent nationally in the Republican presidential contest, according to a survey released Monday by Monmouth University-27 points ahead of the rest of the field.
The candidates are heading into their next Republican debate on Tuesday in Las Vegas, hosted by CNN. Of that group, 250 say they are Republicans, and 135 say they “lean” toward the Republican Party – meaning they aren’t necessarily committed to the party. “Trump gets away with his mistakes, such is the bond of loyalty his support base has for him that he gets away with them and I don’t think he’s made that many, don’t misunderstand”, Rush said (bolding is mine).
The poll found several other candidates’ support growing since October, but they were still far behind Trump. Sen.
Similarly, Levin said that calling Cruz a “maniac” means Trump is “lurching left” and “defending the GOP ruling class”.
Although Cruz is a member of the U.S. Senate, he competed with Trump, Carson and businesswoman Carly Fiorina for the support of Republicans disaffected with elected officials and the political process.
Iowa’s numbers could be more meaningful than the national numbers because there is a caucus happening in the state on February 1.
Mr. Cruz was a distant second at 14 percent in the Monmouth University poll, followed by Sen.
But Republicans are still clustering behind candidates – Cruz and Donald Trump – who would likely lose to Hillary Clinton, according to a new poll from the Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
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But in the crucial first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa, Trump is locked in a close battle with Sen. You look at the way he’s dealt with the Senate where he goes in there like a… “You simply can’t pigeonhole his supporters as representing one or two particular factions of the party”, Murray said.
