Jeb Bush Has the Support of Nevada’s One Percent (and That’s It)
A new poll of likely voters in the upcoming Nevada caucuses shows Jeb Bush netting the support of just one percent of the state’s Republicans.
The CNN/ORC poll shows Donald Trump with a commanding lead over the Republican field, with 45 percent support, while Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz trail with 19 and 17 percent respectively. Ben Carson (7 percent) and John Kasich (5 percent) are also both ahead of Bush.
Bush doesn’t have much room to revive his fortunes, either. Only 25 percent of Republicans at this point say they are still trying to make up their minds on whom to support.
Trump’s lead, on the other hand, is tantalizingly close to a full majority, and is so large that he also leads on every sub-issue. Republicans consider him the best candidate on the economy, immigration, foreign policy, and even social issues like abortion. Despite attacks on Trump that he isn’t a true conservative and would be crushed in November, a 56 percent majority viewed Trump as the most electable candidate and a 35 percent plurality said he was the best representative of Republican values.
In the Democratic field, Hillary Clinton’s one-immense lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders has shrunk to just one percent, as she leads him 48 percent to 47 percent.
The Republican poll consisted of 245 likely Republican caucus-goers, while the Democratic poll had 282 likely Democratic caucus-goers. Both polls had an 8.5 percentage point margin of error. The poll was conducted from Feb. 10-15.
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