U.S. Presidential Poll 2016: Trump Ahead of Cruz in Iowa, Clinton Statistically Tied with Sanders –Des Moines/Bloomberg
The latest U.S. presidential poll 2016 by Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics shows that Donald Trump is ahead of Ted Cruz in Iowa, while Hillary Clinton is statistically tied with Bernie Sanders.
The U.S. presidential poll 2016 conducted by Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics ahead of the Iowa caucuses shows that Republican candidate Donald Trump has gained 28 percent of the support of likely caucus-goers, while Ted Cruz got 23 percent. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson both got 10 percent, according to NBC News.
Democratic presidential runner Clinton, on the other hand, has a three-point lead over Sanders 45 versus 42 percent. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley only got 3 percent, the report details.
On Saturday, Trump flew via his private jet to Iowa for his final campaign in front of his 757 supporters in Dubuque. The billionaire then joked about the U.S. government paying too much for the new Air Force One, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Trump also invited children from the audience to come aboard the plane after the rally. He used the aircraft as a prop for his discussion about an Iran deal and Cruz's undisclosed loan to his Senate campaign in 2012 from Goldman Sachs, the report relays.
"When I fly on that big plane, I'm paying for it — I'm not having Goldman Sachs pay for it," said Trump.
Cruz, on the other hand, released a new TV ad in which he called Rubio "the Republican Obama." He described his rival as a supporter of cap-and-trade emission policies and amnesty for illegal U.S. settlers. The two issues are viewed as among the most important for GOP voters.
The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics U.S. presidential political poll 2016 was conducted from Jan. 26 to 29 with a margin of error of 4 percentage points. The Iowa poll is important because it is considered as a reliable standard for predicting the winners in past presidential elections. In 2008, it accurately predicted Barack Obama's win over Hillary Clinton. In 2012, the poll also predicted Rick Santorium's lead over Mitt Romney.