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New Gravis marketing poll in Florida: Donald Trump 34%, Ben Carson 22%, Jeb Bush 15%

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A new Gravis Marketing poll released on Monday shows New York City real estate titan Donald Trump continuing to have a strong lead in Florida in the Republican race for president, garnering 33.6 percent of the vote. As has been the case throughout the country, Trump has been leading in polls in Florida for well over a month now. Following the trend in Iowa, New Hampshire and across the country, retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson is in second with 22.4…

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Rick Perry first to exit 2016 Republican presidential race

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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry ended his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Friday, becoming the first major candidate of the 2016 campaign to give up on the White House. The longest-serving governor in Texas history told a group of conservative activists in St. Louis that “some things have become clear” and he was suspending his campaign. “We have a tremendous field of candidates — probably the greatest group of men and women,” Perry said. “I step aside…

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New Iowa poll has Jeb Bush in 4th place, Marco Rubio tied for 5th place

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Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio continue to struggle in the polls — this time in a new Quinnipiac survey of voters in Iowa, the site of the first election in the Republican race for president. As has been the case in recent polls, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson lead the field.  Trump is at 27 percent in the Hawkeye State, while Carson is just six percentage points behind with 21 percent. Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is next with 9 percent. Then comes…

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Time to worry? New CNN national poll has Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio both getting buried

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It’s still the summer (of Trump), with more than four months to go before any registered Republican voter actually goes to the polls. But at what point do the campaigns of Florida favorite sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio start growing seriously concerned? Conventional wisdom espoused by political observers in Florida and around the nation is that Bush could still be the likely GOP nominee when the Republicans hold their convention in Cleveland next June. If so, however, it will be…

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Donald Trump’s favorability ratings rise in new Gallup Poll

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Since Donald Trump began emerging as the front-runner in GOP presidential in late July, skeptics have noted that while he’s been leading a scattered, 17-person field, his unfavorable rankings among Republican still portend poorly for him in acquiring the nomination. That may beginning to change now. A new Gallup survey released on Friday shows that Trump’s net favorable rating among Republicans has climbed 16 points over the last two weeks. Gallup notes that this marks a “significant shift, as Trump’s image previous to the…

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New national GOP poll: Donald Trump 30%, Ben Carson 18%; Carson only one to beat Trump one-on-one

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Dr. Ben Carson‘s movement in the GOP presidential polls isn’t happening just in Iowa. A new Monmouth University national poll of the Republican presidential candidates released on Thursday shows the staying power of  real estate tycoon Donald Trump. He leads the field with 30 percent support — that’s 4 points higher than a similar poll taken before the first GOP debate last month. Carson has now slipped into second place with 18 percent, the only other candidate in double digits.…

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Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are tied for fifth place in latest Iowa poll

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The latest poll out of Iowa is not good news for the two Florida Republicans competing in the GOP presidential primary contest. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are tied in fifth place with 6 percent of the vote in a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll released over the weekend. Real estate mogul Donald Trump continues to lead in this survey with 23 precent support. Most surprisingly, retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson is now just five points back in second place with 18 percent…

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