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Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Tied in National Poll

A new national poll from Quinnipiac University finds socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders surging into a tie against Hillary Clinton. Sanders has closed a 31-point gap from Quinnipiac’s last national poll at the end of December.

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NH Poll: Donald Trump Flat, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Gaining

A new NBC/Marist poll finds Donald Trump with a 13-point lead in New Hampshire, down 6 points from the middle of January. With the state voting Tuesday, Trump has 30 percent support, followed by Marco Rubio with 17 percent and Ted Cruz with 15 percent.

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Poll: National GOP Race a 3-Way Tie, Donald Trump Drops

A new national survey from Public Policy Polling finds GOP frontrunner Donald Trump shedding 9-points since early January. The race for the Republican nomination is now essentially a 3-way tie between Trump and Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

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NH Poll: Trump Slipping, Rubio Rising

The latest tracking poll of New Hampshire finds Donald Trump dropping slightly, losing 2 points through Wednesday. Marco Rubio has moved into second place, gaining three points as Trump and Cruz extend their battle from Iowa.

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Goldman Donations Shift to Marco Rubio as Jeb Bush Fades

The change in Rubio’s fortunes happened before his surprise finish in the Iowa caucus on Monday. The shift in donations from Bush to Rubio was a reflection of the potential of each campaign. Now that Rubio has overperformed in Iowa and finished a strong third, the flow of donations to the Florida Senator will likely turn into a tidal wave.

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How Cruz Beat Expert Predictions and Outran Trump

When the votes were finally counted, the Iowa caucus wasn’t that close at all. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cruised to a 4-point win over national frontrunner Donald Trump and bested late-rising Sen. Marco Rubio by 6 points.

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Iowa Democrat Turnout Dropped 25 Percent From 2008

As Hillary Clinton limps out of Iowa having managed to avoid a loss, the Democrat party establishment may exhale that it dodged an upset bid from socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. The Republican turnout was around 180,000, the highest turnout in its history. It is also the first time more Republicans turned out when both races were contested.

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Jeb Bush Money Juggernaut Blows an Axle

Jeb Bush, the one-time presumptive Republican nominee, is facing a very real money crunch. His campaign raised only $7 million in the last three months of last year. Fundraising for his once mammouth Right to Rise super PAC has also dried up.

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Marco Rubio’s Iowa Supporters Not Sold on Him

The final Des Moines Register poll on the Iowa Caucus confirms a two-person race between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. While Marco Rubio comes in a distant third, his support is far weaker than either of the two frontrunners. Almost half his supporters say they may still change their mind before the caucus on Monday.

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Final Iowa Poll: Donald Trump +5, Marco Rubio Distant Third

Donald Trump heads into the Iowa Caucus with a 5-point lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is a distant third. Donald Trump has 28 percent, followed by Cruz with 23 and Rubio with 15 percent.

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Bernie Sanders Leads Hillary Clinton Among Millennials by 58 Points

With the Iowa caucuses fast-approaching, Bernie Sanders is enjoying a massive 58-point lead over Hillary Clinton among voters under 30. Perhaps more stunning is the fact that Sanders and Clinton were tied among these voters less than a month ago.

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Hillary Clinton’s National Poll Lead Over Bernie Sanders Is Meaningless

With less than a week until the Iowa Caucus, Hillary Clinton is on the edge of becoming the underdog in her race for the Democrat nomination. Supporters of Hillary counter her recent polling dips in Iowa and New Hampshire with her still strong lead in national polls, arguing she is still the presumptive frontrunner for the Democrat nomination. That argument is ignorant of history and politics.

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Quinnipiac Poll: Photo-Finish Between Trump and Cruz in Iowa

The latest poll from Quinnipiac finds a statistical tie between Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ahead of the pivotal Iowa Caucus. With less than a week until the vote, Trump leads Cruz by 2 points, 31-29 percent.

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Ted Cruz Lowers Expectations in Iowa

Weeks ago, Cruz was seen as the clear frontrunner in the Iowa caucus. Today, though, his one-time lead in the polls seems to be slipping away.

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Fox News Poll: Donald Trump Takes Back Iowa with 11-Point Surge

A new Fox News poll of Iowa shows Donald Trump surging to a strong 11-point lead in the caucuses taking place next week. With just one week until the first votes of the 2016 primary are cast, Trump leads second-place Sen. Ted Cruz 34-23 percent.

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Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton Nab Des Moines Register Endorsement

In a little more than a week, voters in Iowa will tip off the actual voting in the Presidential primary contests. Ahead of the historic caucuses, the state’s largest paper, the Des Moines Register, endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton in the Democrat contest.

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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders Top Drudge Presidential Poll

On Thursday, the Drudge Report conducted its first presidential preference poll of the 2016 campaign. The contest was open to all national candidates and not segregated by political party. With more than 1,000,000 votes cast, Donald Trump took the top spot with 36 percent of the vote. He was followed by Socialist Bernie Sanders in second, with 30 percent.

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Marco Rubio Cancels TV-Ads in Iowa, New Hampshire

Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign has cancelled almost $1 million worth of TV-advertising in the Hawkeye State, just one week prior to the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus.

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Donald Trump’s General Election Challenge

According to recent data from Gallup, Trump has by far the lowest favorable ratings among Independents and Democrats among any Republican candidates. His net-favorable rating among Democrats–the difference between those with positive and negative opinions–is -70. By way of comparison, the net-favorable ratings among Democrats of Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee, the next least favorite GOP candidates of Democrats, is just -37 and -34.

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NH Poll: Trump Leads, Cage-Match for Second

A new CNN poll of New Hampshire finds Donald Trump still dominating the crowded Republican field, with the support of 36 percent of Republicans in the Granite State, up somewhat from his position last month.

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Politico Trashes Donald Trump Supporters With Nonsense

Politico turned its new magazine feature over to a college graduate student to argue that “authoritarianism” was the unique force behind Trump’s steady support in the polls. The student, Matthew MacWilliams, who also has a political consulting firm, doesn’t merely assert that an authoritarian tendency makes one more likely to support Trump, he claims it is THE trait that determines support for the frontrunner.

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Senate GOP Set to Approve Judge Who Calls Property Rights ‘Racist’

Senate Republicans are preparing to approve Obama nominee Wilhemina Wright for the federal judicial bench in Minnesota. Wright currently serves on the Minnesota state Supreme Court. The Obama nomination would lift her to a lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

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Donald Trump Leads in Florida, Marco Rubio Slips to 4th

A new poll of Florida Republicans shows Donald Trump opening his biggest lead in the Sunshine State. The poll, from Florida Times-Union and Fox35, has Trump in first place, with 31 percent support, twelve points higher than Ted Cruz, who is in second place with 19 percent.

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Trump Campaign Aims To Win New Voters, Alienated Voters

Donald Trump seems to be attracting new, or formerly disgruntled, voters into the Republican primary. The impact of this phenomenon will vary by state, depending on unique voting rules, but it could propel Trump to securing the nomination must faster than many folks expect.

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