Trump up 4 percent over Cruz in Quinnipiac poll

The poll confirms the fear many Republican pundits have expressed during Trump’s candidacy, as the billionaire businessman has threatened an independent run several times, despite signing the GOP’s loyalty pledge. Nine in ten in all states feel the country is now a more risky and insecure place, including 95 percent of Iowa GOP voters who say that, and nine in ten feel the nation’s economic system is one that hurts them instead of benefits them. Among Republicans, 28% of voters say they “would definitely not support” Trump, with 24% who would not back Bush.

Half of American voters say they would feel “embarrassed” to have current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump as the country’s next president, a new Quinnipiac poll found, NBC News reported.

With less than six weeks before the Iowa Caucuses, Donald Trump and Sen. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio had 12 percent and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson 10 percent.

“Ted Cruz made a significant investment in a ground game that looks to pastors to register and mobilize the pews”, David Lane, an activist connecting candidates with clergy members told The Post.

If Clinton is elected, 33% of all voters would be proud and 35% would be embarrassed.

But it won’t be easy for her, the poll finds.

Trump also lost to Clinton by 7 points and Sanders by 13 points in head-to-head match-ups. The poll also shows Rubio and Carson sinking 5 and 6 points over the last month, respectively. “Hillary Clinton tops him. Sen”. “Sen. Bernie Sanders hammers him and Sen. Can a candidate that half the American electorate thinks is an embarrassment win in November?”

Among Democrats, Hillary Clinton continues to enjoy a large lead over Bernie Sanders, winning 61 percent of the vote to Sanders’ 30 percent.

From December 16 – 20, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,140 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.

Mr. Rubio fared the best, leading her by 2 points, 45 percent to 43 percent. In the breakdown, the poll surveyed 508 GOP voters with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points and 462 Democratic voters with a margin of error of 4.6 percentage points.