trump used a graphic term to describe her loss in 2008. i don t know that he has any boundaries at all. his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. trump fought back by tweeting the word he used that rhymes with long. he says it s a word on which used in world of politics. joe johns is in washington with more. and the next republican debate set for january, will this new poll, the cnn orc poll matter? well, yeah, it certainly will matter and i ll talk about the debate in just a minute. ity want to possibility out a couple other things on the poll. favorability ratings, this is kind of important and we re always tracking this. so ted cruz is actually on top of the favorability ratings with 74%. he s seen a big increase in the last few months, cruz followed by rubio, trump in third place even though he leads overall.
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so the trend is definitely going in his favor. but i think that ted cruz is right, this is really a two-man race. while trump is trending in a very high fashion, you have ted cruz right behind him. and if cruz can win iowa, he s currently leading when we average the polls by four points, that changes everything. that could shift momentum, and we could see a shift. but this is really a two-man race between donald trump and ted cruz. okay. so larry, the other thing i think that people should be aware of is when you take a poll and it includes the entire nation, name recognition comes into play, right? donald trump has huge name recognition. and maybe people, i don t know, in minnesota haven t heard much about ted cruz. yes. this is shocking, carol. but people outside the initial states of iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and the top political activists, they actually haven t been paying all that much attention to politics. now, we know that s wrong. it s terrible of them. we conde
trump is in third place. but even there trump has seen a 20% jump since september, suggesting republican voters are essentially getting more comfortable with him, carol. all right. joe johns reporting live for us this morning, thank you. i know what you re thinking. these polls are confusing. yesterday a quinnipiac poll showed trump and cruz running neck at neck at roughly 24%. last week a fox news poll showed trump with 39% support. and this morning a cnn poll shows trump with 39% support. a des moines register poll, though, done two weeks ago shows cruz beating trump in iowa by ten points. but a usa today poll shows trump is leading in iowa. i could show you more of the polls, but you get the gist. it s confusing, right? so let s talk about that and more. with me, larry sabato, and caylee mcennaanee for above the
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