New Des Moines Register Iowa Poll – Ted Cruz Jumps Staggering 21 Points and Leads with 31%!!!!!!

[Vigilante]

My, My, we now have a NEW #1, and a damn good #2 running in IOWA!

Conservative Treehouse ^ | 12/12/15 | Sundance
According to the latest Des Moines Register Poll, (full pdf below) of 400 Republican caucus goers, candidate Ted Cruz has surged into the lead with 31% support - a gain of 21 points since DMR's previous polling:

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Quite a jump. Wonder what led to it

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Uh, is that the same Des Moines news outlet that Drumpf "banned" from his events?

LOL

 

[Vigilante]

Uh, is that the same Des Moines news outlet that Drumpf "banned" from his events?

LOL

FUGLY.....

• Flashback: Des Garbage Register Has Newt Leading and Santorum at 6%
  newsmax.com ^ | 03 Dec 2011
  A surge in support for Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has made him the new front-runner in Iowa, which holds the first of next year's U.S. presidential nominating contests, according to a closely watched opinion poll published Saturday. Gingrich, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, has support from 25 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers, up from just 7 percent in late October, the poll conducted for The Des Moines Register newspaper found. --- Texas Representative Ron Paul and Romney finished second and third, with support at 18 percent and 16 percent, respectively. Support for Minnesota Representative...

 

[Vigilante]

A little perspective into who and what Iowa is......

Iowa caucuses are dominated by religious social conservatives who go nowhere in New Hampshire. That means a Trump victory against polls will be all the more dramatic. He gets to frame his victory as the people vs. the dishonest media/establishment and their BS polls. The media will go unhinged and into pandemonium. If he wins Iowa, there is no stopping Trump. He rolls into NH, South Carolina, SEC. Game Over. He wins. Keeping expectations in check for Trump in Iowa is to his advantage.

It also takes A LOT OF HEAT off of Trump. With being the front runner, Cruz is going to face major scrutiny like never before. Trump has prospered taking more incoming than anyone else for the last 6 months. Carson wilted under the heat. Now it is Cruz's challenge. Super PACS and GOPe forces will now run attack ads at Cruz instead of Trump to blunt his momentum so he doesn't run away with Iowa. They fear attacking Trump will only move more of his base to Cruz.

The key to winning Iowa is to peak at the end and turn out your voters. Listen to what Chuck Laudner, Trump's Iowa campaign manager, says about his organization. He knows what he is doing. Trump has a database of many, many tens of thousands of voters who have signed pledge cards. Trump is getting crowds to his rallies in the thousands in counties where in 2012 only a few hundred people turned out to vote for the winner.

Basically, if Trump turns out the majority of his support he wins. It's all about organization. He has the votes to win. The question is do they turn out? I think if they show up for 3 hour rallies. They'll show up for a 3 hour caucus.

 

[Camp]

Should be interesting when the Republicans in Iowa figure out that Trump is the Devil.

 

[Vigilante]

Should be interesting when the Republicans in Iowa figure out that Trump is the Devil.

Golly!!!! He sure scares you little NeoCommies, doesn't he!

 

[Mr. H.]

Should be interesting when the Republicans in Iowa figure out that Trump is the Devil.

Doesn't look anything like the devil...