“I never even seen a Colorado poll. I have a hunch Trump would not have been in 1st place, but I really do not know.”
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Trump was leading Cruz at the time of the polling. Then they decided they would change the rules in August and let the party decide rather than have a straw poll, caucus, or primary. It was early in the process, but the order at that time in Colorado was Carson, then Rubio, then Trump, then Cruz. (Bush was way down at 2%, his usual). The poll I’m quoting was Quinepiac, or how ever you spell it.
I went to Quinnipiac Law school for a year. They just lost the frozen four on Saturday.
Yes, the Colorado primary was secretive from the beginning.