GA-Insider Advantage/Opinion Savvy: Trump far ahead

[Tender Branson]

33.4% Trump
23.4% Cruz
  8.2% Rubio
  7.3% Carson
  7.1% Bush
  3.8% Kasich
  3.7% Christie
  3.5% Fiorina
  3.5% Paul
  3.2% Huckabee
  0.1% Santorum
  2.7% Undecided

http://opinionsavvy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GA-GOP-PP-1.17.16.pdf

[Ebsy]

I wish they would give us Democratic numbers every once in a while.

[Mike Thick]

Every time I see Rand behind both Kasich and Fiorina, I die a little inside.

[Classic Conservative]

When was the last time they polled

[Alcon]

When was the last time they polled

You see the link at the bottom?  You know how you can click on that and see stuff about the poll?  Or, if you don't, you see how it says "1.17.16" right in the link?  You notice how that's obviously a date?

That's all super weird, isn't it?  To answer your question, no idea bro

[Mr. Morden]

5-way matchup:

Trump 37%
Cruz 26%
Rubio 15%
Bush 9%
Carson 9%

[Adam Griffin]

Gotta love how the least conservative candidate is dominating in the supposedly most conservative region of the country.

It's complicated.  Trump is probably the least conservative on economic issues and clearly in the left half of the GOP field on religious conservative issues, but he's clearly the most conservative on civil rights issues and the most hawkish on Islamic terrorism, which the Deep South loves.  

It's actually not complicated at all. The candidate you described is the type of candidate that the South loved for the better part of 150 years. Southerners do prioritize social concepts over economic ones, though, which is why so many in recent times have been voting for silly "pro-business" Republicans. The GOP figured out that they just needed to crack the social dogma egg to unlock the South. They never counted on prominent candidates "within their ranks" (does Trump really count as a Republican other than in name only?) ditching the economic agenda, though...let alone ending up being the front-runner.