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However, the final polls before the crucial Iowa caucus, released by the prestigious Des Moines Register newspaper in association with Bloomberg reveal a different story for the two front runners Trump and Clinton. Marco Rubio, The Times said he is “currently embracing the alarmist views of the front-runners “and seems to have forgotten his own “more positive “New American Century’ campaign”.
Clinton beat out rival Sanders in the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll. “Some of the campaign attacks are outrageous, like Donald Trump’s efforts to bring up Bill Clinton’s marital infidelity”.
“Hillary Clinton would be the first woman nominated by a major party”, the editorial said. And only Cruz, Carson and Rubio pull together majorities of likely caucus-goers saying they would enthusiastically back them should they win the nomination.
The paper’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton from comes as no surprise, given that the NYT had backed the former secretary of state in her failed bid for the presidency against Barack Obama in 2008.
Trump continues to top the list of candidates likely Republican primary voters say they would never support, 35% say so, including 47% of those moderate or liberal voters.
Republican presidential contender Donald Trump says “many” senators will endorse his candidacy, “very soon”.
The Clinton campaign’s relationship with the Times has been troubled at times over the past year following the revelations that she maintained a private email server while leading the State Department. But Rubio gets the most second choice votes, and the race remains fluid: 45 percent of voters say they could change their mind between now and when they caucus on Monday, though large majorities of Trump supporters (71 percent) and Cruz supporters (61 percent) say their choice is set in stone.
Iowans will select their favourite for the Democratic and Republican US presidential nominations.
Hillary Clinton urged voters Saturday to make gun control a key issue in the Iowa caucuses, pledging to take on the issue at an event where former Rep. Gabby Giffords endorsed the former secretary of state.
While he disparaged Trump’s campaign “the greatest show on Earth”, he saved his most pointed criticism for Cruz.
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Kasich’s polling numbers in the Iowa Republican field have barely shown a heart beat, averaging 2.7 percent in recent polls, according to RealClearPolitics.com, which tracks polling.
