Trump media propaganda arm Fox News released a poll today showing that the toupee’d totalitarian is way ahead of the constitutional conservative in Pennsylvania:
Our brand new @foxnewspoll @FoxNews shows @realDonaldTrump leading in the Republican Primary in Pennsylvania by 48% pic.twitter.com/db6yeupqAn
— FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) April 10, 2016
Well that ain’t no good for the Cruz hopefuls. But there’s one YUGE problem with the poll:
Today's Fox poll done Monday-Thursday evenings.
Really? Releasing a poll today half of which was pre-WI?https://t.co/K7vQCaN6wH— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 10, 2016
Yup, the poll was almost designed in order to tamp down whatever momentum the TedNado might have gained from trouncing Trump in Wisconsin:
The poll, released Sunday, was conducted Monday through Thursday evenings. Cruz had a convincing 13-point win over Trump in the Wisconsin Republican primary Tuesday.
John Podhoretz, no great fan of Cruz, points out this poll has Trump at a much closer 7 points above Cruz, even before the yuge Wisconsin win:
Here's a PA poll with Trump 35-Cruz 28-Kasich 27. https://t.co/LFIx8cnHrm
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) April 10, 2016
Is it more likely that Cruz gained momentum or lost momentum after a blowout in Wisconsin?
I’m sure the Trump campaign appreciates the assist, Fox News!!! Who was it a poll of exactly, Eric Bolling and Sean Hannity’s interns?!?
Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and say they didn’t intentionally mute Cruz’s Wisconsin win. Even then it’s still misleading to voters to publish a faulty poll as representative of the primary race.