Posted on 02/22/2016 1:04:03 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
SALT LAKE CITY -- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is the top pick of Utah voters in the GOP presidential race but is closely followed by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, according to a new poll released Monday.
The national front-runner for the Republican nomination, business mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump, trails behind Cruz, Rubio and "don't know" in the UtahPolicy.com poll.
The poll comes the same day as Trump supporters in Utah were scheduled to announce the formation of the Trump for President-Utah organization in a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol.
Trump backers in the Legislature announced Monday were Senate Majority Leader Ralph Okerlund, R-Monroe; Senate Majority Whip Stuart Adams, R-Layton; Sen. David Hinkins, R-Orangeville; and Sen. Kevin Van Tassell, R-Vernal.
Utah's Trump organization will be headed by Ret. U.S. Air Force Gen. Robert Oaks, who said Trump "knows that a strong America is the best defense from terror and groups that would tear down our country."
The poll was conducted Feb. 10-15 of 625 Utahns by Dan Jones & Associates and has a margin of error of plus or minus just under 4 percent. Voters were also asked their choice in the Democratic presidential race.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the big leader among Democratic presidential candidates, with 41 percent of Utahns saying they'd vote for him if the election were today, compared to 19 percent for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Utah, which has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in more than 50 years, is not holding a traditional primary election this year. Instead, Republicans and Democrats will hold caucus meetings on March 22 to choose their nominees.
The caucus votes are expected to get a boost from Utah's first-ever presidential debate on March 21. The venue and the media sponsor have yet to be announced by the national Republican Party.
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Trump now will claim Don't Know is not eligible.
Like Cruz will even be around by 3/22. It will be down to Trump and Rubio by then.
Wow! With a 4% margin of error, Trump is only 1% within range of Cruz. Looks like the folks aren't thinking much about the election or any of the candidates. But something to temporarily hoot about for Cruz fans.
Cruz won’t win Utah. Rubio will.
I think you will find that Cruz is in it for the long hall. He could care less who thinks he should drop out...especially if the chorus to drop out is coming from Trump supporters.
Utrump
Trump will now come out and call the people of Utah stupid.
From the article: According to the poll “Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is the top pick of Utah voters in the GOP presidential race”
Trump now will claim Don’t Know is not eligible.
I’m a Trump guy but I LOL’d pretty hard at this.
Yes apparently it is, either Utahns ot Utahans, though Utahns is the more preferred or commonly used.
Thank you! A Trump guy with a sense of humor! Hard to find these days.
Yep
I know Dan Jones, personally.
For the first time this year, us Utahns can vote from home and do not need to caucus in person.
The entire delegation, every politician here is for Rubio. See here....
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865644225/Rep-Bishop-endorses-Sen-Marco-Rubio-for-president.html?pg=all
The LDS Church and Deseret News wants Rubio.
Lee won’t get in the middle between Cruz and Rubio, we already know that.
The Mormons like the evangelicals as much as the evangelicals like the Mormons, if you know what I mean.
Cruz and Trump won’t win here.
So when Cruz aliens with Rubio, is he officially the Ninth member of the ‘Gang of Eight’?
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