The media has been touting polls showing Donald Trump with a huge lead in South Carolina. But Jeb Bush’s internal polling tells a very different story.
According to Fox News media critic Howard Kurtz, the internal polls from the Bush campaign show a much tighter race, and a jump for Cruz…
Internal poll for Bush PAC shows much tighter SC race: Trump 26, Cruz 24, Jeb 12, Rubio 11–while public surveys give Trump a huge lead
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) February 15, 2016
This would be very much like what happened in Iowa, where the public polling was WAY off. Either they were just inaccurate, or Cruz got a late surge, and a big one.
There’s a good chance that the debate played a part in the changes in polling. Did Trump really think that blaming George Bush for 9/11 would play well in a conservative state like South Carolina? Please.