36% of the registered Republicans and independents with a Republican-leaning are backing him, and his nearest competitor is trailing by 20 points. All the other candidates have support from less than 5% GOP voters in the race for the nomination for President from the Republican Party.
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Jeb Bush, the former Florida Governor and once highly rated, has dropped to less than five per cent and has support of now just three per cent of those who participated in the poll. Rubio is also up slightly, gaining 4 points.
The event had been previously scheduled – and Cruz aides say protecting gun owners’ rights is even more important in the wake of the shooting than it had been before.
Trump has drawn strong criticism and disbelief from legal experts for saying last month that he would require American Muslims to register in a database in response to the Paris terrorist attacks.
“In every category, practically, Trump is in first or second place”.
Several other recent surveys have shown Trump reclaiming a solid lead over the Republican field after several weeks of near parity with Carson.
The poll finds Clinton widely seen as better able to handle matters of foreign policy than Sanders, an advantage that has likely helped the former secretary of state as global affairs and national security have gained prominence in the presidential campaign. “You have a regular season, and you can go undefeated in the regular season, but once the playoffs begin, the rules change, the game changes”.
The CNN/ORC Poll was conducted by telephone November 27 through December 1 among a random national sample of 1,020 adults.
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As for the rest of the field, it is beginning to look somewhat grim: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson continues to lose ground with 14 percent of the Republican vote. Sen.
