Rubio made his prediction Monday in Jacksonville at a local coffee shop.
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Trump leads with 44 percent in Florida, and Rubio follows with 27 percent.
The CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker poll shows Trump – who has several, popular golf-resort properties in Florida – maintaining his lead in the state’s winner-take-all primary, in which 99 delegates are at stake.
Before the rally, Cruz talked with reporters and stated that neither Kasich or Rubio have a path to the nomination and he is the only viable alternative to Trump, as he has already beat Trump in nine different states.
In a campaign with a strong anti-Wall Street tone, lack of support from Wall Street may be a badge of honor for presidential hopefuls these days.
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Trump, 69, said tension at his rallies came from people being “sick and tired” of American leadership that has cost them jobs through trade deals, failed to defeat Islamic State terrorism and treated military veterans poorly.
In Illinois, the poll surveyed 1,968 registered voters (plus-minus 2.2 percentage points), 529 likely Democratic primary voters (plus-minus 4.3 percentage points) and 421 likely GOP primary voters (plus-minus 4.8 percentage points).
Cruz, who is second to Trump in delegates pledged to him through caucus and primary results, said he would “welcome” supporters of Marco Rubio and John Kasich who want to switch to the candidate who, so far, has most often bested Trump, whom he portrayed as an unelectable.
In Illinois, the victor of the statewide vote receives 15 of the state’s delegates. Cruz told journalists in Rockford that Trump can’t be trusted because he donated to Democrats, such as former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Democratic Party of Cook County, where Chicago is located, and current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
“Some people were energized”, said Michael McKinney, 47, as he attended a Trump rally in OH with his family on Sunday. Trump will hold an event in Tampa.
Instead, Cruz offered his own worst-case scenarios for what a Trump nomination would do to the party and the country.
But he said the repercussions of Trump’s rise will haunt those involved in 2016’s race. In Arkansas, Trump won about 34 percent of early voters, more than any other candidate, and also went on to win the state.
– A new poll conducted for FOX 5 and other outlets show Donald Trump maintaining a big lead among Florida Republican voters with Senator Marco Rubio gaining some last-minute support.
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Trump added: “But there’s no violence, nobody’s been hurt”. Secret Service officers rushed on stage to protect Trump when a man broke through a security barrier at a rally in Ohio.
