As of Friday morning, with nearly 300,000 votes cast, Drudge’s online poll asking who won the sixth Republican primary debate shows Donald Trump in first place by a mile with 54.5% support. Ted Cruz lands in second with 31%,and Marco Rubio is in a distant third with just 7.5%
Chris Christie, John Kasich, Jeb Bush, and Ben Carson all hover around an embarrassing 2%.
Compared to previous Drudge debate polls (which have been early predictors of professional polls), both Trump and Cruz improved dramatically. Rubio, on the other hand, has slipped dramatically.
Trump 48%
Cruz 25%
Rubio 13%
Trump 35%
Cruz 24%
Rubio 14%
Trump 43%
Cruz 27%
Rubio 8%
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By most media accounts, Rubio had a strong debate performance but the actual voters seem to be much less into the Republican Senator. The race of the 2016 Republican standard-bearer is now between just two men — Cruz and Trump.
The Republican Establishment’s nightmare is now complete.
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