RALEIGH, NC – According to the latest polling among Republican voters, billionaire businessman Donald Trump is way ahead of any of the other presidential candidates – except for two subgroups: Tea Partiers and "very conservative" voters, Public Policy Polling says …
There are only two groups of the electorate Trump doesn't lead with- the closely related groups of Tea Party and 'very conservative' voters.
Cruz has the upper hand with each of those.He's at 38% with 'very conservative' voters to 32% for Trump, with no one else getting more than 8%. And he's at 41% with Tea Party voters to 32% for Trump with no one else getting more than 9%. Cruz has been the second biggest gainer since our last poll, going from 14% to 18%.
There are other positive signs for Cruz in the poll. He's the most frequent second choice of GOP voters with 14% picking him on that front to 10% each for Carson and Trump. He's also the second pick of Trump voters specifically (25% to 13% for Carson) so he's well positioned to benefit if Trump ever does falter.
More on the latest numbers HERE.
