For a while, it seemed like the top tier was limited to Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and a slew of other former frontrunners simply couldn’t muster enough juice to get within single digits of the Donald. Until now.
A new Iowa poll puts Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) a stone’s throw away from longtime presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. Here’s the breakdown of the top four:
Mr. Cruz, the Republican Texas senator, was the choice of 23 percent of likely Republican caucusgoers in the new poll, from Quinnipiac University, following Mr. Trump at 25 percent and ahead of Mr. Carson at 18 percent. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida was in fourth with 13 percent. The margin of error was plus or minus four percentage points.
Cruz has more than doubled his support in Iowa since October, The New York Times explains, crediting his momentum with the passionate anti-terror rhetoric he has voiced since the carnage in Paris. Last week, after Obama criticized him and his Republican colleagues for stirring unnecessary “hysteria” over the coming influx of Syrian refugees, Cruz told the president to “insult him to his face.”
Many have suggested that Trump’s popularity is simply grassroots voters engaged in a tantrum. Cruz has come this far by refusing to endorse Trump, and adopting a lot of similar positions. If Cruz wins in Iowa, it may be a sign that Trump and Carson voters are looking for someone with more political experience.
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