He also criticized Bush, saying he should “absolutely” drop out of the 2016 race. Rubio later laughed off the package and the attacks, and has said he thinks it’s amusing to provoke Trump.
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As those two non-traditional candidates continue to hold the lead, Rubio and Cruz have moved up to become the top contenders among those with more typical political credentials. The remaining Republican candidates all polled below 3%, while 63% of responders to the survey claimed they may still pivot on who to support.
On the Democratic side, 55 percent of likely Democratic caucus goers in Iowa said they would support Hillary Clinton and 37 percent said they would back Sen.
Aside from that, the recent poll also shows that Bernie Sanders would be able to win over Trump with 50 percent versus 41 percent.
“Is there a doctor in the house?”
“It doesn’t surprise me that both Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton have been seeing hot and cold performances in the polling numbers, to the extent that they are even relevant this early; it’s a year away from the Election Day”, DeBar said.
“But a year is an eternity in presidential campaigns and this race already has left a few former front-runners on life support”.
Many observers figured that Donald Trump would follow that pattern. Among Republicans 18-34, Trump is only at 33 percent to Carson’s 28 percent.
The other head-to-heads are closer: Clinton trails Rubio, 46% to 41%, but tops Trump 46% to 43%, Cruz (46% to 43%) and Christie (46% to 41%).
In terms of favorability, Bush fares worse among Republican voters than any of his primary opponents, with a 47 percent unfavorable rating.
The entire Fox survey was fielded November 1-3, after the last CNBC debate, where Rubio and Cruz impressed. By a margin of 60 to 36-percent American voters say she is not honest and trustworthy.
Trump has 24% support compared to Carson’s 23% in a new Quinnipiac University survey.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson passed real-estate tycoon Donald Trump in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll published Monday evening.
But voters say 50 – 38 percent that Carson does not have the right kind of experience to be president.
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This week, however, we’ve got a few news to release – the latest USC-Dornsife/L.A. Times poll, which is actually two polls simultaneously, one on voters in California, the other nationwide. Interviewers called land lines and cell phones. The margins of error were about 4.5 percent in the Republican-only and Democrat-only questions.
