Ted Cruz escalates attacks on Donald Trump over values, foreign policy

38 percent of Republicans support Trump, compared with 20 percent for Sen. Real-estate magnate Donald Trump held a 28% to 26% lead over Cruz. Clinton posted 48 percent, while Sanders got 45 percent in the state.

Full poll analysis is included below and available here: http://nbcnews.to/1OYFs7j.

“We don’t mind if it’s unrequited love”, Johnson, who said he has had no contact with Trump, told Quartz. More on the methodology: http://bit.ly/1OMbqBV.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is once again raising the question of what constitutes a natural born citizen, challenging whether fellow Republican Ted Cruz qualifies to be president.

No other Republican garners double-digit backing. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) in third place at 13%.

Rand Paul, who was eliminated from the main debate stage for Thursday’s Fox Business debate because of his low polling, placed fifth in the poll with 5%, followed by Jeb Bush with 4%, and Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee with 3%.

Trump has shocked many in the American electorate with his anti-Muslim remarks and other divisive comments. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, meets with attendees Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, during a campaign stop at Granite State Indoor Range in Hudson, N.H.

While Trump would also negatively impact the chances of the G.O.P. picking up and defending House seats-48 percent of those polled by Sackett said they’d be less likely to vote for a Republican House candidate if the real-estate mogul became the nominee, according to Politico- Sackett’s analysis indicated that Cruz could do even more damage, thanks to harsh ideological positions like, say, his willingness to indiscriminately carpet-bomb Iraq.

In his endorsement, Inhofe called the presidential candidate Rubio a “solid conservative” and added that he would be a competitive candidate to go against Hillary Clinton, considering she clinches the Democratic nomination. In the larger universe of potential Democratic primary voters, Sanders maintains the lead over Clinton. Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley gets two percent.

Cruz also made certain to stress his claim that he tops Clinton in several national polls, while Trump lags behind the former secretary of state.

In the survey, likely Republican primary voters were asked whether a number of words and phrases do or do not apply to each politician.

Cruz’s campaign has tended to raise the media’s expectations for how he’ll perform in Iowa.

This SurveyMonkey Election Tracking data for the week of January 4, 2016 through January 10, 2016 was conducted online among a national sample of 9,746 adults aged 18 and over, including 8,655 who say they are registered to vote.