In sudden shift, Cruz leads Trump in national poll

Its 4.9-percent margin of error means the two candidates are essentially in a statistical tie – a big departure from recent national polls that have largely shown Trump leading by double digits. Marco Rubio of Florida had the support of 17 percent of Republicans; Gov. John Kasich of OH had 11 percent; retired surgeon Ben Carson 10 percent, and former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida 4 percent.

The poll shows Trump with a 17 point lead over his closet rival, Texas Senator Ted Cruz. In January, Trump led Cruz, 33 percent to 20 percent.

Yesterday we took a brief look at the latest Quinnipiac national poll of the standing of the candidates in the races for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both holding large leads as the Michigan Presidential Primary grows closer, according to new polling from Mitchell and FOX 2.

This poll is also a definite outlier.

But the media narrative is that Trump isn’t just undamaged by that performance in SC, he’s benefited from it. And even the media repeating that narrative admit they can’t explain or justify it.

– Trump trails Cruz and Rubio on sharing the values of Republican primary voters and on having realistic policies, but half still think he is prepared to be President, and he is widely seen as the most electable candidate of the field. So, he further explains, “After Donald Trump and Marco Rubio announced that they would accept the Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage, we knew we could not support them”.

“The sound you’re hearing is the sound of screams coming from Washington, D.C.”, Cruz told supporters at a rally in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon. 61% say they trust Trump to handle immigration, eight point more than the percentage who trust Cruz on that issue.

“I think the Pope said he might not be Christian”, Bush told CNN’s Dana Bash. He has accused Ted Cruz of lying about his record and gone after Bush by insulting the legacy of his brother, former President George W. Bush.

A Monmouth University survey of likely Republican voters released Wednesday found that 35 percent planned to back Trump.

This poll was done before a series of televised town hall discussions held for GOP candidates.

Trump is threatening to sue Cruz over an ad that uses a late 1990s interview the billionaire did in which he says he is pro-choice.