Page 12 - Orc Poll News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

South and midwest. stand by for that. in the meantime, we begin with presidential politics. polling that says a lot about donald trump's growing lead, the rise of ted cruz and how each might do in a head-to-head matchup with presidential front runner hillary clinton. our chief political correspondent dana bash is here with numbers, numbers that will bring a smile to donald trump's face no doubt about that. dana, what are they? >> no doubt. he's going to have a merry christmas with the new numbers. he leads his closest opponent, senator ted cruz by more than 20 points in this latest cnn orc pol...

Christmas with the new numbers. he leads his closest opponent, senator ted cruz by more than 20 points in this latest cnn orc poll. the rest of the field is way back. jeb bush in fact is down not only in single digits, he actually trails rand paul now but one point. we have the usual caveats, this is a national poll. they are won state by state and when you look at polling in iowa, there are indications it's much tighter between ted cruz and donald trump but this is a temperature of republicans nationwide and as we said, good news for donald trump. >> very good news for him. dana, this poll co...

Trump used a graphic term to describe her loss in 2008. >> i don't know that he has any boundaries at all. his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> trump fought back by tweeting the word he used that rhymes with long. he says it's a word on which used in world of politics. joe johns is in washington with more. and the next republican debate set for january, will this new poll, the cnn orc poll matter? >> well, yeah, it certainly will matter and i'll talk about the debate in just a minute. ity want to possibility out a couple other things on the poll. favorability rat...

The field combined. >> we have democrat polling, as well. hillary clinton is leading there very highly. but she's also making it more and more about trump. she is talking about his language. trump surprisingly standing his ground. joe johns has more this morning. what is the state of play, my friend? >> good morning. the new cnn orc poll very much about donald trump's huge lead as the choice of republicans for the presidential nomination. now, if you look at the numbers, we have trump at 39%, then if you look at the next three candidates, ted cruz firmly in second at 18%, ben carson and marco ...

Inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people. his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> trump responded trump style on twitter saying, be careful, hillary, as you play the war on women or women being degraded card. meanwhile, ted cruz at second place in new cnn/orc poll is sparring with the familiar and politically beneficial source, the mainstream media. >> not much ticks me off, but making fun of my girls that will do it. >> he's irate that his two young daughters were depicted in a "the washington post" cartoon as monkeys. >> don't mess with our kids. do...