Trump Maintains Wide Lead In Latest Poll, Carson Vaults To Second

Donald Trump campaign button. August 17, 2015 - In the latest poll out on the state of the Republican Party nomination battle real estate developer Ben Carson campaign button.Donald Trump continues to hold a wide lead over his GOP challengers. Trump has the support of 25% of those polled.

Surprisingly the second candidate in the poll is Dr. Ben Carson with 12%. That means that the number one and number two finishers in the poll have never held elected office before.

The poll also shows a new third place finisher and that being Senator Ted Cruz of Texas with 10%. Trump, Carson and Cruz are the only candidates in the poll who scored in double digits.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush now finds himself in 4th place with 9%. Next up is former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker all knotted up at 6%.

There is no doubt now the former CEO Carly Fiorina got a huge post debate bounce as she has now has vaulted into 7thCarly Fiorina campaign button. Ted Cruz campaign button.place with 5% of the poll. This makes it more than likely that Fiorina will be in the top 10 of the next Republican presidential debate schedule for mid September  at the Reagan Library in California.

Tied at 4% each are Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and Ohio Governor John Kasich. Next up at 3% each are New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. With the rise of Fiorina into the top ten that means that probably Christie or Paul will he relegated to the second tier debate at the upcoming September debate.

Obviously struggling to get support and all tied at 1% each are former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania , former Texas Governor Rick Perry and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

 

 

Former Iowa Senator Harkin Endoreses Hillary

Hillary Clinton campaign button. August 14 - 2016 - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has scored a key endorsement as former United States Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa has endorsed her bid for the White House.

In a op-ed piece published Thursday evening Harkin wrote that Clinton "has devoted her career to championing the needsTom Harkin campaign button. of children" and has been a "tireless advocate for women and families." Harkin who retired from the Senate in 2014, served as a U.S Senator from Iowa for three decades. He also ran for president in 1992 before dropping out and endorsing the eventual winner President Bill Clinton.

The endorsement by the Iowan Harkin was coveted by all the Democrats competing in the Iowa Caucus. Harkin's nod is a  welcome development for the Clinton campaign which this week received the news that Clinton had fallen behind Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in one poll on the state of the New Hampshire primary. And in the ongoing controversy over her  use of a private email account during her time as Secretary of State, Clinton finally relented and turned her personal computer server over to the Justice Department.

The Harkin endorsement of Clinton's campaign comes at the perfect time as she will be making an appearance at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday. On Friday night Clinton will join most of the other Democratic presidential hopefuls when she will give a speech in Northern Iowa at the annual Democratic fundraiser, the Wing Ding Dinner.

 

Hillary Continues To Lead In Latest Poll

 August 3, 2016 - The latest national poll on the state of the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continuing to hold a wide lead. Clinton had the support of 51% of those polled. In second place was Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont with 22%.

Over the last week there has been much speculation in the press that Vice President Joe Biden is seriously considering to enter the 2016 race for president. If he were to enter the race this would be the third White House run for Biden who also ran in 1988 and 2008. Even though he is not yet in the race Biden received the support of 13% of those polled. Biden is supposed to make a decision in September on whether or not he would join the race.

All tied at 1% each are three candidates who are currently actually running for president, former Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chaffe and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.

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As Debate Looms Trump Leads In Latest Poll

Donald Trump for President campaign button. August 2, 2015 - With the first Republican presidential primary debate set for Thursday , Donald Trump continues to lead his fellow GOP White House hopefuls.

Trump has the support of 19% of those polled followed by  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker with  15% and former Scott Walker for President campaign button.Florida Governor Jeb Bush with 14%. In fourth place is Dr. Ben Carson with 10%. Trump ,Walker , Bush and Carson are the only candidates of the 17 Republican presidential aspirants that are polling in double digits.

In fifth place is Senator Ted Cruz of Texas with  9% followed by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky each with 6%.

Sitting at 8th by himself with 5% is Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. All tied at 3% each are New Jersey Governor Chris Jeb Bush 2016 campaign button.Christie , Ohio Governor John Kasich and former Texas Governor Rick Perry. When the top 10 debate participants  are announced Tuesday August 4, its likely that either Christie, Kasich or Perry will be the odd man out and excluded from the debate.

Those candidates at the bottom of the poll and unlikely to make the debate top 10 are Louisiana Governor Bobby JindalDr. Ben Carson campaign button. and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum each with with 1%.

Those candidates currently earning less than one percent in this latest poll are former CEO Carly Fiorina, former New York Governor George Pataki, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina,  and former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.

Gilmore Becomes 17th Republican To Enter Presidential Race

Jim Gilmore campaign button. July 31, 2015 - The sprawling Republican presidential field grew to a total of 17 yesterday when former Virginia Governor James Gilmore entered the race.

Gilmore , 65, served as Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002. He won his first statewide race when he was elected the Attorney General of Virginia in 1993. This will be Gilmore's second run for president as be previously made a brief run in 2007 before dropping out before the primary season actually began.

In 2008 Gilmore lost a U.S. Senate race to Mark Warner.