The GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump, looks like he’s starting to pull away from Senator Ted Cruz in Iowa. I have to admit, the latest CNN/ORC poll numbers are eye-popping. I had been hearing it was close for a few weeks now, but these results are off the charts. The sampling is also tremendous news for Trump, who took to the stage and said:
“Cruz is going down,” Trump exclaimed. “He’s going down. No, he’s having a hard time. He looks like a nervous wreck. He’s going down. He had his moment. He had his moment. He had his moment, and he blew it.”
Trump sounds like he’s prepared to make a landslide run to win the GOP nomination. Most experts say if he wins Iowa and New Hampshire, that should just about seal the deal. He leads the races in Nevada, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Maryland. This is pretty big news for him today.
From CNN:
Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in Iowa as Sen. Bernie Sanders takes control of the Democratic race in the critical first-in-the-nation voting state, according to a new CNN/ORC poll released Thursday.
Trump leads Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is in second place in the GOP race, among likely Republican caucus-goers, 37% to 26%. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, is in third at 14%, the only other Republican in double digits. Ben Carson failed to register half of Rubio’s support and is in fourth place at 6%.
Meanwhile, likely Republican caucus-goers are more divided when it comes to who would best handle foreign policy, with Trump (27%), Rubio (26%) and Cruz (25%) in a virtual three-way split. On the question of which candidate better represents Republican values, 29% choose Cruz, 28% side with Trump and 15% favor Rubio. Cruz holds an edge as the one who would better handle social issues, however, with 29% to Trump’s 18%, while 12% name Rubio, 10% Carson and 9% former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Check out the report here:
This response is the most telling. Close to 50% of Iowan voters who caucus have made up their mind who they want to vote for. Again, huge news for the Trump campaign if these numbers hold up over the next couple of weeks until February 1. That’s when the official campaign election season kicks off in Iowa, and many people are so ready for it.
H/T: CNN/ORC
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