"Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush leads a crowded Republican presidential field in the early state of New Hampshire, while Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky lead in head-to-head match-ups against former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a new poll.
Mr. Bush is the choice of 18 percent of GOP primary voters, followed by Mr. Walker at 16 percent and Mr. Paul at 15 percent, according to the automated survey from the firm Gravis Marketing.
Sen. Marco Rubio was next at 11 percent, followed by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 10 percent. No other Republican candidate eclipsed 5 percent, and Mr. Paul, Mr. Rubio and Mr. Cruz are the only three major Republicans to have officially declared they are running for president.".........
"About 7,500 votes were cast in The Weekly Standard's third presidential poll of the year, twice as many as in the poll a couple of months ago.
In that straw poll (and, to repeat, these are obviously not scientific surveys, but rather polls of those who chose to participate), Scott Walker, was far ahead, with almost half the first place votes. He still leads, but has come back to the field some. He's got 30% of the first place ballots, and appears on an impressive 69% of all ballots as a first, second or third choice.
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have surged to second and third place, with 24% and 18% first place choices respectively; Rubio appears on 51% of ballots, Cruz on 45%. These are the big three on this week's survey: No one else gets more than 5% of first place votes, or appears on more than 18% of ballots overall."...