Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by a 46 to 43 percent margin; and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, by a 46 to 41 percent margin, if the general election were held today. “I’m not a fan. I think he’s overrated”, he said, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin “would eat him alive”.
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Trump did not name specific opponents, but he did tell ABC’s “Good Morning America” that same day that Jeb Bush is “wasting his time”.
That allowance doesn’t work so well for Trump – his head-to-head polls against Clinton date back to Octobr 1.
Trump leads among every single demographic group except for black Republicans, who support Carson. This poll reflects similar findings to that of a NY Times/CBS poll that shows Carson leads 26 percent to 23 percent for Trump.
Quinnipiac University says its nationwide polling in recent days shows the flamboyant Trump with 24 percent support among Republican voters, a point ahead of the more reserved Carson.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton tops Sen.
“Is there a doctor in the house? There certainly is and at the moment Dr. Ben Carson is delivering a troubling diagnosis to Secretary Hillary Clinton”, said the Quinnipiac University Poll’s assistant director, Tim Malloy, per the release. Ted Cruz’s 13 percent.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads Trump, 50 percent to 41 percent, and Rubio, 46 percent to 41 percent.
Trump, meanwhile, saw his favorability ratings drop from 32 percent to 29 percent. In fact, the NBC/WSJ poll shows Sanders actually outperforms Clinton when matched with Trump and Rubio by a couple of points.
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Real estate tycoon Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are essentially tied in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa, according to the results of a new CNN/ORC poll. Only 61 percent of voters liked or disliked Cruz or Rubio. 44-percent of Democratic voters say they might change their mind. She scores especially badly on the “honesty” metric, 36 percent to 60 percent. National security is in second place with 26%, followed by immigration with 15% and 7% for social issues. Women were split 45 percent to 44 percent for Carson versus Clinton.
