he made that proposal. the first two days he was getting 30%, the last two days 38%. so another sign that maybe those comments is helping him. just about an hour from now, we will have a more definitive look at that question. an nbc poll will be coming out to answer the question, what kind of effect did that proposal have on donald trump and on this campaign? one more thing to note, when you look at south carolina, this is the vote of evangelicals. they re a big part of the electorate in south carolina. right now donald trump is cleaning up with them. it s a slightly different story in the leadoff caucus state of iowa. that s where ted cruz has been polling better against donald trump because of support from evangelicals. the big piece of news is one of the state s top evangelical leaders endorsed ted cruz. and i will be talking live with him about why his group went with ted cruz and not with
we are moving our resources into the states to ensure that voters in primary and caucus states are introduced to his record and vision for the future. steve kornacki is an msnbc host, also a political correspondent. steve, first of all, what do we make of that statement? second of all, how is jeb bush, of all candidates, having money problems? well we saw the quarterly reports that came out last week. there was a very big warning sign for jeb bush. in the last three months of this campaign he raised less than three other republican contenders. remember, one of the sort of selling points of the bush campaign at the beginning was going to be shock and awe. that was the term that was thrown around by his people. they were going to shock the rest of the field with these massive sums of money. that has dried up, probably in a lot of ways bus of the poll numbers. the poll numbers have not been good for jeb bush. we can take you through just this morning, a brand new number from iowa, the l
than allowing themselves to be whipped into a frenzy, i think most people would say, hey, that makes sense. for more on ben carson s new lead, let s turn to steve kornacki at the big board. steve? a lot of developments today in the republican race, a little upheaval. we ll start on ben carson, getting some very good news in the polls. we ll show you that in a second, but first this, ben carson is also out with his first television advertising of the campaign in iowa, new hampshire, the key early states. let s check out what the ad looks like. did you know washington is built on a swamp? massive government debt, stifling regulation, special interest politics, partisan dysfunction. now it all makes sense. washington is broken. as we say, ben carson advertising in the early states. let s show you the polling we re talking about. it is in. the leadoff caucus state of
biden. 30% ng to get in. really what the numbers are telling you is that if he s looking just at a pure political calculation, if there s an opening, there s a smaller opening than a week or two ago. if he says, i don t care, i want to get in, i want my best last shot at it, maybe he still will. we can show you the republican numbers, donald trump, that s the highest he has been, 25%, ben carson with strong support from white evangelical christians, they are particularly important in the leadoff caucus state of iowa. here s the most interesting thing, though, when you look at the republican numbers, you ask voters this question i don t know who you re supporting right now, but could you theory kale potential see yourself supporting all these candidates, or is there no circumstance until which you would support them? interesting findings. number one, ben carson look how widely liked and respected he is.
thul people when asked who they could see themselves voting for increasingly say that mch this is where are prp there, it s the highest that donald trump has been in the nbc news/wall street journal poll. this is the highest number he s got yet. ben carson has been surging right behind him. you see a lot of his support is coming from white evangelical christians toe pechlt. p right now ben carson s biggest potential is in that leadoff caucus state of iowa.