Republican front-runner candidate Donald Trump has a big lead in the race for the 2016 presidential nomination nationally, swamping his opponents with a 40.6 percent share of those surveyed, a Reuters-Ipsos tracking poll found on Friday.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign piqued the interest of political observers when a special guest appeared at an event Saturday here in Pella: Sen.
Cruz picked up the endorsement of conservative firebrand Glenn Beck, a counterweight of sorts to Trump’s endorsement by 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
He pointed his finger at the crowd like he was shooting a handgun and said: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot people and I wouldn’t lose voters”. Trump told an enthusiastic audience at a Christian school, Dordt College. Cruz said that Trump in 2013 advocated for amnesty, and said that he now supports a form of amnesty called “touch back”.
Conservative talker Glenn Beck rallied Saturday with Sen.
He said American Bridge is “adjusting its program accordingly”, meaning it is targeting Trump more forcefully.
Grassley did not offer an endorsement, but his presence underscored Trump’s enduring positions at the top of the polls as voting approaches.
In both New Hampshire and Iowa, a sample of 801 registered voters selected from statewide voter files was used.
Beck is among almost two dozen conservative thinkers who penned anti-Trump essays for National Review magazine – a hit Trump to referred to repeatedly at the rally. Pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson was leading in polls of Iowa Republicans in October, but since Oct. 31, polls have showed either Trump or Cruz in the lead.
After the event, Trump declined to answer when asked by CNN to clarify his comments. “I will let Donald speak for himself. I’m going to stop you.’ And he still stands against the tide”.
But it’s not enough to be a charismatic and successful businessman, she said. You want somebody who’s bold?
One of the Mounties – who refused to give his name or say if he’s even an Iowan, though he insisted he doesn’t represent any campaign or party, Democrat or Republican – also held a sign that read “Ted Cruz Likes Nickelback”. On the Democratic side, the Register picked Hillary Clinton.
More than 1,000 people filled a drafty, chilly gym at Faith Bible College in Ankeny.