Quinnipiac National Poll; Trump Surges to 2-1 Lead

Quinnipiac University ^ | 2/17/2016 | Quinnipiac

[justlittleoleme]

Trump won this category as well!

2. (If Republican or Republican Leaner) Are there any of these candidates you would definitely not support for the Republican nomination for president: Bush, Carson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, or Trump? (Totals may add up to more than 100% because multiple responses were allowed)

                     REPUBLICANS/REPUBLICAN LEANERS.....................................
                                   Wht    POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
                            Tea    BrnAgn CONSERVATIVE  Mod/                 COLLEGE DEG
                     Tot    Party  Evang  Very   Smwht  Lib    Men    Wom    Yes    No
 
Bush                 20%    23%    18%    19%    17%    23%    21%    19%    17%    22%
Carson                8      2      7      3      6     13      9      8     11      7
Cruz                 17      2     11      6     21     22     18     16     17     17
Kasich               10     16      8     11      6     13     12      9      6     11
Rubio                13     12      9      7     11     17     13     13      7     15
Trump                28     24     27     30     21     32     19     35     26     27
No/No one            30     39     39     35     36     21     35     26     33     30
DK/NA                 5      2      6      6      5      3      3      7      5      4
 
                     PARTYID...    AGE IN YRS.......
                     Rep    Ind    18-44  45-64  65+
 
Bush                 19%    27%    16%    21%    21%
Carson                9      7      8      7     11
Cruz                 17     17     16     16     20
Kasich               10     10      7     13      7
Rubio                12     13     13     13     12
Trump                28     25     32     26     25
No/No one            30     30     30     30     29
DK/NA                 5      3      1      6      7
 
 

[20yearsofinternet]

Hypothetical matchups this far out are a complete waste of time.

Don’t you remember how Romney needed to be the nominee because he “crushed” Obama in the hypotheticals?

It’s about as useful as saying Ted Cruz is the only candidate who can beat Big Bird in November.

These matchups are a misleading way for the Establishment to foist their candidates on you. It plants the seed in your head that your candidate is doomed, and their candidate is the only hope.

The only hypothetical matchup that matters is the personal sniff test each individual gives to a candidate before deciding to support someone. “Is this person more generally appealing to me than [whoever]?”

Going with your own best instincts on that question is infinitely better than caring about PAC, MSM, and internal “hypothetical polls”. They are BS. The R vs. D polling doesn’t matter until the candidates on each side are written in stone.

[Guenevere]

Then stay with Cruz..( personally I prefer Trump’s pleasant face & great smile)

Trump has toned down, is toning down his rhetoric

....and his fans love his facial expressions!

[Guenevere]

Same here!
I hope it’s Sessions

[Java4Jay]

purpose of Trump is to divide conservatives...

Just like in 2012, Conservatives stayed home

[xzins]

It doesn’t matter what gets faced.

Trump is winning. That is reality.

[BobL]

“purpose of Trump is to divide conservatives...Just like in 2012, Conservatives stayed home”

Well he’s not doing a very good job of it, since he’s also winning the conservative vote at this point.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Isn’t it strange....used to be winning among the “very conservative” group was what FR wanted. Not any more. It’s pro ethanol cronyism and 9-11 trutherism and falling in love with a big man to run a big powerful government to do great government things and great government deals.

Like that’s ever worked in world history.....

[bray]

Actually, Conservatives did not stay home Christians did. They would not vote for a Mormon. I looked at the numbers, it was fundamental Christians that did not vote for Romney and who could blame them.

[C. Edmund Wright]

he’s not acting like a juvenile...he IS a juvenile.....therefore he cannot stop it. He can’t help himself.

[dforest]

Cruz is not a very good candidate for conservatives.

He really isn’t. He should have taken some time and built up his following with the people.

[pgkdan]

Cruz would win head to head with Trump.

Sorry but there's no polling information out this week that comes anywhere near supporting that statement. Cruz isn't even really running second anymore...he's now behind Rubio.

[C. Edmund Wright]

I’m calling you out that you were ever pro Cruz. Seminar post attempt....nice try (not)

[C. Edmund Wright]

your ability to see red flags is astonishingly selective I see.......I mean, you gotta do better than that....

[Leto]

I have felt for awhile that Trump would get the nomination. No surprise. Trump has successfully lied about Cruz. The MSM knows that Trump will be destroyed in the General Election. His negatives among the General Electorate are historically high. So the MSM will get what they want a dem president congrats the republic will be gone.

Wonder what he and Bill Clinton talked about before he announced.

[C. Edmund Wright]

don’t claim to be a conservative and support ethanol, Planned Parenthood, radical justices to the court, big government doing big things, TARP, Stimulus, universal care.......

[pgkdan]

But yesterday Ted Cruz remembered my long ago donation and I received a letter in the mail & on the envelope says there’s a check enclosed!!!

Well, he actually wanted ME to enclose a check so he could match it....sheesh!

I got the same fund raising letter on Monday. Well, not Monday, that's just when I got my mail. I only go to the mailbox about twice a week. But I had to laugh when I saw the return address said Senator Ted Cruz and it read 'check enclosed' on the outside of the envelope.

[Liz]

Morning Joe made a good point......everytime Obama opens his mouth ......Trump gets stronger.

Americans watched the wimp-in-chief lacerate Trump at the Asean confab.......Trump strength never looked better.

BTW, Mika and Joe will moderate a Trump town hall tonight on MSNBC.

[bert]

——Cruz only winning in the “Very Conservative Group” and is losing evangelicals to Trump by 5 points——

As one of the two cited groups you are in a definite decreasing minority.

In the world at large, Cruz has little support as evidenced by the citation above

that is not a derogatory personal statement, it is what appears to be emerging fact

[jennings2004]

He probably takes “leave?”