Half of America Would Be Mortified if Trump Won Presidency

The Quinnipiac poll shows Trump with 28% support with Cruz in a close second with 24%. “Yeah, I hated that”, he said of his early lead and the crushing expectation that he-0the so-called “grown up”-could win the nomination”. Instead, Cruz kept the focus on the Democratic side, ripping frontrunner Hillary Clinton for her suggestion at a debate Saturday night that one of Cruz’s Republican opponents, Donald Trump, is helping recruit members of the Islamic State terrorist group with his bombastic proposals.

Bush’s decision to go after Trump comes with risks, as Sen.

Separately, Right to Rise USA, the super PAC backing Bush’s bid, is airing a new ad nationally on Fox News Channel that uses debate clips to highlight Bush’s attacks on Trump.

Bush spoke in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation scheduled for broadcast on Sunday and taped in New Hampshire on the same day he told a town hall audience Trump was a “jerk” .

That finding suggests that the online surveys, which show Trump with a larger lead, provide the more accurate measure of what people would do in the anonymity of a voting booth, Dropp said. The other somewhat significant move came from Chris Christie, who rose four points to get to 6%, and who now has passed Jeb Bush to gain fifth place overall.

Publicly, many in Bush’s orbit say they are completely unconcerned by former governor’s stagnating poll numbers. Jeb is a weak and ineffective person.

Bush isn’t the first Republican presidential candidate to swing at Trump.

“Blue-collar voters don’t feel embarrassed about supporting Trump, who is very popular in their communities, the pollsters suggested”.

“Jeb is an embarrassment to himself and his family, and the Republican Party has essentially – they’re not even listening to Jeb”, he said.

In Iowa, Cruz leads all candidates with 40 percent support.

Additionally, 67 percent of those questioned – regardless of political affiliation – say Trump does not have the experience to be president and 53 percent say he does not have a good chance of winning in the general election. He receives 42 percent support for this statement, while Cruz received the highest, at 55 percent. But among college-educated Republicans, a bigger difference appeared, with Trump scoring 9 points better in the online poll. Bush also will make at least one visit to SC around the time of a January 14 presidential debate there.

When the options were limited to the “Top Five” in national polling, Trump’s support increases to 32 percent, while Cruz’ jumps to 24 percent.