A primary voter in South Dakota or New Mexico – two states with late nominating dates – could have very little to no effect on the outcome, but they might be quizzed in a national poll right now.
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Mr Trump’s dispute with Fox News Channel continued Thursday, while a new poll showed the businessman continues to lead the Republican presidential field.
Trump has come in for a lot of criticism, mainly for his stand on immigration, but stories about his rapid rise in the polls dominated coverage during much of the summer.
But now we are told that it’s over, Republican voters are ready for someone, something new. Bush was fourth at 10 percent.
“But when the number of Republicans who “would definitely not support you” is greater than the number who support you, where does that leave you? Welcome to Trump World”, said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
Carly Fiorina follows the same logic.
Many of his rivals emerged from that debate newly confident that they could take him on by focusing on more substantive police issues, which Trump has often avoided. Ted Cruz at 7%.
But Republicans are struggling to unite behind a challenger to the former Apprentice Star and billionaire. Fiorina surged to second place nationally among Republicans in a poll released Sunday, but her national ranking has been inconsistent among polls released later in the week.
Voters may still be trying to figure Fiorina out. Fiorina is seen as favorable by 73 percent of those surveyed while 11 percent view her unfavorably.
Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorina, all of whom have never held political office, are now the favorites among likely Republican voters.
And he’d be in first if Trump were to drop out. He was “just taking advantage of the laws” to build and maintain his empire…What Trump did was to share one of the myriad little ways the 1 Percent, like him, game the same system. She is now the best-liked candidate in the field.
Trump repeated his assertion Wednesday that Clinton, during the 2008 presidential campaign, started the discredited “birther” movement whose members falsely claim that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. All are in double digits. Given a series of choices about the greatness of America, 47 percent picked “falling behind”, while 25 percent said “failing”. His support in the race for the GOP nomination has dipped to just 3%.
Carson and Vice President Joe Biden, who has yet to officially announce a bid for the presidency, polled the strongest overall in Quinnipiac University’s survey. He’s still at 30 percent, same as last month.
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Sanders’ momentum, meanwhile, seems to have stalled.
