Marco Rubio of Florida wins 11 percent and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush earns 4 percent.
Advertisement
The poll – the first in which Cruz has led the field – shows the Texas senator with 24 percent support from voters who intend to take part in the February 1, 2016 Iowa caucuses, the first real measure of voter support in the 2016 presidential campaign.
It’s not hard to see why Trump would intentionally release a controversial policy proposal as soon as his poll numbers seemed to be suffering.
Cruz frequently jokes that he is Southern Baptist even though his parents come from traditionally Catholic countries. But for Trump, more than any other candidate, polls represent an existential threat. Trump and Cruz are also almost even when caucusgoers are asked who best represents the values of Republicans like yourself (25% Trump to 22% Cruz, Carson fades 7 points to 18%).
“What we need is a commander in chief who stands up and, number one, doesn’t engage in politically correct doublespeak and doesn’t refuse to say the words radical Islamic terrorism as Obama and Hillary and all the Democrats do”, Cruz said in an interview with conservative radio show host Mike Gallagher on Monday.
Trump was responding to a report in The New York Times the day before that quoted Cruz suggesting that voters would start to question the foreign-policy judgment of both Trump and another GOP candidate, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Republican leaders from House Speaker Paul Ryan to former Vice President Dick Cheney have since condemned Trump’s remarks and said they represent neither Republican nor conservative principles. Just 2 percent support Martin O’Malley. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Palmetto State. Clinton also won against Cruz – 61 percent to 34 percent. Bernie Sanders, 54 percent to 36 percent, virtually unchanged from the last CNN poll.
“What this does is effectively stop the Republican Party from allowing himt o win the nomination unless he gets the delegates outright”. “He uses the word conservative more than he ever uses the word Republican”.
“The right solution I believe is the legislation that I’ve introduced”, Cruz added, as he outlined previously filed bills to limit the immigration of Syrian refugees alongside Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
“The first thing I notice is that the sample size is only 425, with a [margin of error] of 4.8 (5)% points”, Traugott said in an email.
Advertisement
Monday, Donald Trump, who is still the GOP frontrunner nationally, tweeted out his thanks to Evangelical supporters, saying, “I am especially grateful for the tremendous support I have received from the Evangelicals in the just out Iowa CNN poll”.
