Posted on 02/25/2016 12:04:38 PM PST by Red Steel
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A MetroNews West Virginia Poll shows Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders with significant leads among likely presidential primary voters in the state.
The survey by REPASS Research has Trump with 40 percent compared with 20 percent for his nearest rival, Texas Senator Ted Cruz. On the Democrat side, Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by nearly two-to-one, 57 percent to 29 percent.
You can read the complete poll here.
The survey was conducted between February 11-16, before the South Carolina Republican primary and the Nevada Democratic caucus. Trump won the South Carolina primary while Clinton was victorious in then Nevada caucus.
Rex Repass, CEO of REPASS Research and director of the MetroNews West Virginia Poll, said Trump's strength in the Mountain State is highest among voters 35-44 years old, independents, and those in middle-income categories.
"The economy and frustration with the status quo in Washington is helping these non-traditional candidates nationally and in West Virginia," Repass said.
Sanders' biggest strength is with young people. However, he has majority support in all age categories except seniors. Among voters 65 and older, Sanders' lead is 43 percent to 36 percent.
On the GOP side, after Cruz, Florida Senator Marco Rubio is at 15 percent, Ben Carson at ten percent, Ohio Governor John Kasich at six percent and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at four percent. Bush withdrew from the race Saturday night after a disappointing fourth place finish in South Carolina.
West Virginia's primary is May 10.
The MetroNews West Virginia Poll is a result of interviews with 411 registered likely voters in the state using landline phone, cell phone and opt-in internet panels. It has a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percent. The non-partisan West Virginia Poll has been conducted periodically since 1980. MetroNews is the media sponsor.
Oh my. Trump is steamrolling them all.
FL has Trump at 44, and now WV at 40. There goes the theory that Trump has a ceiling and can’t go beyond 35 (actually they started saying he had a ceiling way back when he was at 25).
TWENTY POINTS???
FORK!!!!
FYI, Trump DOES have a ceiling but it could be as high as sixty percent. Every politician has a ceiling and I’m not talking about what you see when you tilt your head back and look straight up.
I’ve noted that too. Expect Trump to break the sound barrier of 50% pretty soon.
Oh my, another poll with Trump in the 40% range. Good news for Ted, this is the first poll(not Texas) that he is in 2nd place. GO TRUMP GO
He's on a roll. There's a poll out today for VA as well, has Trump at 41%.
And this poll was completed 9 days ago. Trump is likely higher after his SC and NV wins.
The trump train is real, right?
Real enough. I can’t wait until next Tuesday night!
Bernie better watch out.
Keith Judd is running again.
In 2012 he got more than 42% of the WV RAT primary vote running against Zero. At that time he was a convicted, imprisoned felon. He’s out now so he can have a ground game.
Mountain State people may be balking at Mrs. Bill, but they surely endorsed Mr. Bill. Why?
Popular reporters said Pat Buchanan had a ceiling in 1996, and he did!
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