Washington

Poll: Cruz, Rubio Gain Heading Into New Hampshire

Rubio has attacked Trump on health care. (REUTERS/Chris Keane)

Donald Trump’s top competition for the GOP presidential nomination gained strength heading into Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, according to a national Morning Consult poll. While Trump maintains a strong lead with 38 percent of the vote, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz gained three percentage points after his Feb. 1 victory over Trump in the Iowa caucus. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who had a stronger third-place finish in Iowa than expected, also got a three-point bump from our last poll. Cruz and Rubio gained even more from our poll immediately before the Iowa caucus. Cruz is up five percentage points, Rubio is up seven percentage points.

CompanyLoveRank
USPS264.81
Google258.62
UPS257.53
Amazon256.04
Netflix253.75
Clorox246.46
Amazon Prime245.77
M&M's244.18
Home Depot241.89
YouTube241.710
Cheerios240.411
FedEx239.512
Target236.713
Ziploc236.214
Dove235.215
Kellogg's235.216
Dollar Tree235.017
Tide234.118
Colgate233.619
Oreo's233.320
Lowe's233.021
The Hershey Company232.822
Walmart232.523
Reese's232.324
Heinz Ketchup231.925
Walgreens230.926
DQ230.727
PayPal230.228
Doritos229.829
Snickers229.730
CVS Pharmacy227.131
Dunkin'226.932
Chick-fil-A226.733
Kit Kat226.334
Disney225.535
Samsung225.136
Coca-Cola224.837
Crest224.538
Tylenol224.339
Weather Channel224.240
Subway224.141
Costco224.142
Scotch223.243
Visa222.844
Kraft222.145
Ritz222.146
Lay's220.747
Febreze220.648
Charmin220.049
Microsoft219.750

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders gained two percentage points following former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s exit from the race. Sanders is widely expected to win the New Hampshire primary, after finishing a close second to Hillary Clinton in Iowa. But Clinton still leads the national race by double digits, grabbing 50 percent of national Democratic voters.

1/30 - 7/27
US-0.70081093394987
Germany-0.54769170598204
United Kingdom-0.68613823933719
France-0.56675652865823
Italy-0.9172901461491
Spain-0.54470121027298
USGermanyUnited KingdomFranceItalySpain
-0.70081093394987-0.54769170598204-0.68613823933719-0.56675652865823-0.9172901461491-0.54470121027298

This poll was conducted from February 3-7, 2016, among a national sample of 4,287 registered voters. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational attainment, region, annual household income, home ownership status and marital status. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage points.

Morning Consult