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Trump back on top in national poll
Donald Trump is on top of the field in a new CBS News/New York Times national poll of likely Republican primary voters released Thursday.
Trump holds a commanding 17-point lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 35 percent to 18 percent, a significant difference from an NBC News/Wall Street Journal national survey released Wednesday evening that found Cruz ahead by two points.
Read More >>Trump Dominates in Bloomberg Poll Before South Carolina Primary
Donald Trump holds a 19-point lead over Ted Cruz among those likely to vote in Saturday’s South Carolina Republican primary, with Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush locked in a close race for third and John Kasich showing no signs of a surge.
Read More >>Donald Trump Falls Behind Ted Cruz in National NBC/WSJ Poll
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in the national GOP horserace, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
In the poll, Cruz is the first choice of 28 percent of Republican primary voters, while Trump gets 26 percent. They’re followed by Marco Rubio at 17 percent, John Kasich at 11 percent, Ben Carson at 10 percent and Jeb Bush at 4 percent.
Read More >>Attacks slow Cruz in SC
Ted Cruz’s support appears to have plateaued in South Carolina, putting him at risk of finishing a distant second to Donald Trump in Saturday’s GOP primary.
Cruz was once seen by some as the favorite in the state, a conservative stronghold that has a history of picking the eventual Republican presidential nominee.
Read More >>Trump up big in Nevada: poll
Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in the party’s Feb. 23 Nevada caucuses, according to a CNN/ORC poll released on Wednesday.
Trump has 45 percent support, followed by 19 percent who said they are backing Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), 17 percent who are backing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 7 percent who are backing retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Read More >>GOP town hall: What to watch for
Republican presidential contenders are set for one last nationally televised chance to make their cases before Saturday’s crucial South Carolina primary.
The pair of town halls, which start at 8 p.m. on both Wednesday and Thursday nights, will be moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper. The first night features Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and the second night’s lineup is Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Donald Trump.
Read More >>If Donald Trump wins South Carolina, can he be stopped?
By Saturday night, after polls close in South Carolina, Donald Trump is poised to have a gigantic lead in the Republican delegate race. By no means an insurmountable one, of course, but a big Trump victory there will start to raise questions about where, if anywhere, he can be stopped.
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