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Donald Trump leads GOP field in new Quninnipiac poll

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July continues to be the month of Donald Trump in the GOP presidential campaign, as the New York businessman/celebrity has taken the lead nationally in a new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday morning. Trump gets 20 percent support, followed by Scott Walker at 13 point, and Jeb Bush at 10 percent. No other Republican gets more than six percent (there’s a four-way tie there: Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul & Dr. Ben Carson), while 12 percent are undecided. But not all is nirvana…

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New WaPo-ABC News poll shows persistent resistance from conservatives for Jeb Bush

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Although the big headlines coming out of The Washington Post/ABC News poll released Monday afternoon were all about Donald Trump leading the rest of the GOP presidential field by double-digits, it also indicates that Jeb Bush‘s month-long momentum may be ebbing slightly. Trump leads the field with 24 points in the national survey, Scott Walker is second with 13 percent, and Bush is third at 12 percent. Mike Huckabee is fourth in the race with 8 percent, Marco Rubio is…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.17.15 — In N.H., Scott Walker boldly declares, ‘I’m an American’

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“I love America.” Those were the first words out of Scott Walker’s mouth on Monday night when he announced from Waukesha, Wis., that he is now the 15th official candidate in the GOP 2016 presidential sweepstakes. Since the campaign began in earnest earlier this year, Walker has been considered in the top tier of candidates who could win the nomination, and I’ve said for months that the nominee would probably be Walker, Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio. But Walker is beginning…

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Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio fade back in Iowa in new poll

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Although Jeb Bush appears to be on a roll in national polls since his official declaration 16 days ago that he is running for office, Iowa appears to be immune to that bounce, according to a new Quinnipiac poll in Iowa released on Wednesday. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker leads in the survey with 18 percent of the vote, well ahead of Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson, who are tied for second in the poll with 10 percent support. Rand Paul and…

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New NH Poll shows Jeb Bush as the early leader, with Donald Trump right behind him

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Although it should go without saying that polls conducted as the summer of 2015 commences may not have anything to do with what happens in the winter of 2016, nevertheless they are the “snapshot in time,” as the proverbial phrase goes regarding where the electorate stands. That should be good news for Jeb Bush in the new Suffolk University poll that was published earlier on Tuesday. The newly minted “official” 2016 GOP presidential candidate leads the field, but that only means he gets 14…

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Fresh Gallup poll — Hillary Clinton: Best known, and still best liked

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According to a new poll (taken just as the controversy about her private email account was breaking), Hillary Clinton remains one of the few 2016 presidential candidates to have a significantly higher favorable (50 percent) than unfavorable (39 percent) rating among the American public. And 89 percent have enough knowledge of her to form an opinion, by far the most of any person who is contemplating a run for the White House next year. However, it should be noted that…

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