Partners at purple strategies. We look at the seven Southern States that vote on the republican side in the president ial race on march 1. We survey populations of likely primary voters from those states. Heres what we found. With 37 , a whopping 17 points ahead of ted cruz and marco rubio who are tied at 20 . John kasey kahne ben carson are in the single digits. What stands out to you most about the poll . At theonald trumps king south. Hes strong not just in the horse race, but the voters dont consider him the most conservative and yet they still give him the lead. Attempts to paint him as less conservative will not have an effect on his standing. He beat the individual candidates headtohead. That undermines the argument, donald trump over ted cruz. , 4844. Io john if you look at this poll, and its hard to poll a whole bunch of states together. Its a very complicated business with all the Southern States. Its true what you said, its not just that he is ahead by so much, its the ways