Cruz looks to replicate Iowa ground game in South Carolina

Rubio, 44, is the upstart understudy, a first-term USA senator who served in Florida’s legislature.

The report of a Trump decline among South Carolina Republicans came a day after a WSJ/NBC News poll of Republican primary voters nationally found that he had lost his once-commanding lead and fallen narrowly behind Cruz.

Trump added that “Cruz is totally controlled by the oil companies”, pointing to political contributions Cruz has received.

Both Marco Rubio and Donald Trump have called Ted Cruz a liar, and now Rubio’s campaign says the Texas senator’s campaign is leaning on some more deceptive practices with a website it created to take a shot at Rubio’s record.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush follows closely behind Rubio at 13 percent, while Ohio Governor John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are tied at 9 percent.

The latest results compare to a NBC/WSJ/Marist poll conducted last month showing Trump with a more substantial 36 percent to 20 percent lead over Cruz. In the primary, Trump received more than 35 percent of the vote.

Eight other polls of South Carolina GOP voters released this week show Trump in the lead by an average of 14.8 percent.

The polls would suggest the contest is Mr Trump’s for the winning, but as The Independent’s David Usborne explains, the contest is one that the tycoon needs to win.

It’s a different story for the November general election, when minority voters are expected to make up more than 30 percent of the eligible voting-age population — and more than 50 percent of the voter pool by 2052. According to one poll, her approval rating is 81%, and she continues to receive praise for her handling of the Walter Scott shooting, the Charleston Church massacre and the state’s devastating floods in October 2015. And, by calling attention, again, to his opposition to the Iraq war, he might have been trying to encourage independents and Democrats to go and vote in South Carolina’s open primary. She needs to win by a large margin in order to stop, or slow, Sanders’ momentum.

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