Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday said he was ending his presidential bid, saying “this is not my time.”
Jindal had struggled to gain traction in the race, often failing to poll at even 1 percent in some surveys. He also underwhelmed in the money race, and had just $261,000 in the bank heading into October.
As Politico reports, [4]Jindal is the third Republican to suspend his campaign, after former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker dropped out earlier this year.
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And as most of America says "Bobby who?", The Donald takes a commanding lead in post-Paris polls... (as The Hill reports) [6]
Donald Trump’s voter support is rising nationwide after last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris, a new poll says.
Trump commands a 19-point lead over his competition for the GOP’s 2016 presidential nomination, according to the Morning Consult survey.
The New York business mogul earns 38 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, it said Tuesday.
“Pundits have gotten rich declaring the impending decline of Donald Trump — and they’ve been consistently wrong,” said James Wyatt, Morning Consult’s director polling.
“Morning Consult isn’t the only poll that shows Trump still has life, and that the rest of the field needs to work overtime to catch him,” he added Tuesday.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson trails the outspoken billionaire with 19 percent of that demographic.
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are next, tying for third with 7 percent apiece.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) rounds out the field’s top five, garnering 6 percent among respondents.
Morning Consult said Tuesday that Trump’s poll numbers are surging from a dip last month.
As RealClearPolitics noted,
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