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Sanders mocks Trump: 'He has discovered women go to the bathroom, and it's been very upsetting to him'
Bernie Sanders made a bombshell announcement Tuesday night during a rally in Iowa that's sure to send shock waves through Donald Trump's campaign.
In response to Trump calling Hillary Clinton's use of the restroom during Saturday's Democratic debate "disgusting" on Monday, the senator from Vermont and Democratic presidential hopeful shared that he was guilty of the same crime. "I've got to be honest with you," he told a crowd of about 1,800 supporters. "I also went to the bathroom. I know, I have to admit it."
Sanders spent a significant amount of time mocking Trump for his comments, adding that "he has discovered women go to the bathroom, and it's been very upsetting to him. This is a guy who wants to be president of the United States. He must have a very unusual relationship with women." Sanders didn't stop there, and also called Trump a "coward billionaire" and spoke out against his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States and his stance on tax breaks for high-income earners, The Washington Post reports. Catherine Garcia
Hillary Clinton Spins Question On Bullying In Order To Criticize Donald Trump. After coming under fire for claiming that Islamic State fighters are using videos of comments made by GOP front-runner Donald Trump about Muslims to recruit fighters, Hillary Clinton appeared to adjust her claims during an appearance in Keota, Iowa on Tuesday.
Fact checkers said there was no public evidence to support the comments Clinton made during the Democratic debate on Saturday.
On Tuesday, in her first post-debate appearance, Clinton appeared to tweak the claim. She now says that Trump videos are being played on Arabic television and are helping to bolster the propaganda of the Islamic State on social media.
"If you go on Arabic television, as we have, and you look at what is being blasted out -- video of Mr Trump being translated to Arabic," Clinton said at a town hall in a high school gymnasium here. "'No Muslims coming to the United States,' other kinds of derogatory, defamatory statements -- it is playing into the hands of the violent jihadists."
Trump's comments, Clinton added, "lights an even bigger fire for them to make their propaganda claims through social media and in other ways."
Trump responded strongly to Clinton's debate statements over the weekend, calling her a "liar."
"It’s just another Hillary lie,” Trump said on NBC News’s “Meet the Press on Sunday. "She’s a liar and everybody knows that.”
Clinton had long said on the campaign trail that Trump's comments play into the hands of violent jihadists. But her deviation from that standard line during the debate prompted questions about what proof she had that Trump had become part of the Islamic State's propaganda material.
"They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists," Clinton said at the debate.
On Tuesday, Clinton didn't repeat that claim but she also didn't back down from characterizing Trump's remarks as being a potential tool of terrorists.
"What you're hearing from some of the Republicans most particularly Mr. Trump about Muslims is not only dangerous, it's shameful," Clinton said. "It's not the kind of language somebody running for president of the United States should be using."
At the Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire, former secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Islamic State militants were using videos of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a recruiting tool. (ABC News)
ABC aired the third Democratic presidential debate Saturday featuring three candidates: former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Not every statement could be easily fact checked, but following is a list of 10 suspicious or interesting claims. As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios when we do a roundup of facts in debates.
“He [Donald Trump] is becoming ISIS’s best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists.”
—Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
“ISIL training videos are telling lone wolves the easiest way to buy a combat assault weapon in America is at a gun show.”
—Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley
Both Clinton and O’Malley referenced videos for the Islamic State terror group that, thus far, do not appear to exist. (Clinton used the acronym for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and O’Malley used one for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. But it’s the same organization.)
As evidence, the Clinton campaign pointed to an NBC News report quoting Rita Katz, executive director of the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors social media activities of Islamic terrorist groups, that Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric was a great recruiting tool for ISIS.
“They love him from the sense that he is supporting their rhetoric,” Katz told NBC. “They love him from the sense that he is supporting their rhetoric.” She added: “They follow everything Donald Trump says. When he says, ‘No Muslims should be allowed in America,’ they tell people, ‘We told you America hates Muslims and here is proof.’”
But Katz did not specifically refer to a video, only to social media. We couldn’t immediately find evidence such a video yet existed. Update: “ISIS didn’t feature Trump in a video, but ISIS supporters and recruiters have used Trump’s rhetoric to promote ISIS’ ideas and agenda,” Katz told The Fact Checker.
Meanwhile, O’Malley’s campaign pointed to a news report about a video circulated by an al-Qaeda spokesman, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, who was not affiliated with the Islamic State. (The American-born Gadahn was killed in 2015 by a CIA drone strike in Pakistan.) Al Qaeda is not the same terror group as the Islamic State, though former elements of al Qaeda have affiliated with IS.
In 2011, Gadahn urged followers: “America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. You can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check, and most likely without having to show an identification card. So what are you waiting for?”
“From my perspective, we have to prevent the Republicans from rolling back the progress that we’ve made. … They would, despite all their tough talk about terrorism, continue to let people who are on the no-fly list buy guns.”
–Clinton
This is a common Democratic talking point, to call on stricter gun laws that prohibit people on the Transportation Security Administration’s “no-fly” list from buying firearms. But this is a misleading and incomplete characterization of the legislation that Democrats introduced in Congress.
The TSA uses this list to screen passengers, as people on the list are deemed a threat to commercial aviation or national security. Currently, membership in a terrorist organization or being listed in one of the watch lists does not stop someone from buying a gun. There has to be another factor that disqualifies the person from buying a gun under federal or state law, such as a felony conviction or illegal immigration status.
The actual legislation that was introduced — and rejected — in the Senate this year doesn’t automatically ban people on the list from buying a gun. Instead, it gives discretion to the attorney general to deny the sale or transfer of firearms and explosives to known or suspected terrorists. The bill does not target the no-fly list, but rather allows the attorney general to run the person’s name against the broader FBI Terrorist Watchlist. The no-fly list is a subsection of the larger list.
Interestingly, the Department of Justice proposed similar legislative language in 2007 in the George W. Bush administration, to give the attorney general “discretionary authority to deny the transfer of firearms or explosives to known or suspected ‘dangerous terrorists.”
Bernie Sanders's most powerful moments at the ABC debate
“In 1988, just to set the record straight, governor [Martin O’Malley], I ran for the U.S. House. We have one House member from Vermont. Three candidates in the race. One candidate said, you know what, I don’t think it’s a great idea that we sell automatic weapons in this country that are used by the military to kill people very rapidly. Gun people said, ‘There are three candidates in this race, we’ll vote for one of the others but not for Bernie Sanders.’ I lost that election by three percentage points, quite likely for that reason.”
–Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont)
This is only half of the story. What Sanders doesn’t say is that the National Rifle Association actually backed Sanders in 1990 over the incumbent he lost to in the 1988 election.
That’s because then-Rep. Peter Smith voted for an assault weapons ban, against his promise not to do so. The NRA wanted him out of office and backed Sanders instead. Just before Election Day in 1990, the NRA sent a letter to its 12,000 members in Vermont supporting Sanders, reported The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold. It was an odd pairing, as Sanders supported measures to ban assault weapons.
But then-NRA executive director Wayne LaPierre wrote in his letter: “Bernie Sanders is a more honorable choice for Vermont sportsmen than Peter Smith. … It is not about Peter Smith vs. Bernie Sanders. It is about integrity in politics.”
Statewide hunters’ groups joined NRA in the effort, urging voters to reject Smith, according to news coverage from 1990.
The NRA did not issue a grade for Sanders in 1990. Between 1992 and 2012, Sanders received between a C-minus and F from the NRA.
“I think it’s important to point out that about three percent of my donations come from people in the finance and investment world. You can go to OpenSecrets.org and check that. I have more donations from students and teachers than I do from people associated with Wall Street.”
–Clinton
Clinton challenged us to check on the Center for Responsive Politics’s campaign finance website OpenSecrets.org, so we did. Her three percent figure checks out for federal-level industry donations to her campaign committee.
The securities and investment industry donated $2,044,471 as of Oct. 16, 2015, according to data from the Federal Election Commission. That is 2.6 percent of the total raised by her campaign committee, which was $77.5 million as of Sept. 30, 2015.
The second part of her claim is less clear-cut. Her campaign compiled the data internally, and top donor industry data on OpenSecrets.org do not support her claim: Securities and investment ranked the fourth-highest donor industry to Clinton’s candidate committee for the 2016 presidential election cycle, and education ranked fifth, at $1,955,846. According to her campaign, the student and teacher data were compiled internally.
Of course, this is a narrow view of political donations Clinton has received. It would be interesting to see how her claim holds up to the web of donors who contributed over her political career.
Robert Maguire, political nonprofits investigator at the Center for Responsive Politics (which runs OpenSecrets), said that almost any candidate can say some variation of her statement at the debate, if the candidate is referring to individual donors. “The point is that the Wall Street donors, the energy execs, and the Hollywood crowd can cut much bigger checks than the teachers, students and mechanics,” Maguire said. “As a result, the Wall Street donors are the ones who can bend her ear, and the candidate’s ear. That’s the way money works in politics.”
[Update: The Clinton campaign sent its breakdown of donations from students, teachers and retired educators, which totaled $3,090,073. This tally is higher than the OpenSecrets.org data because it includes small-dollar, unreported donations that the campaign has access to, but are not publicly reported. When including unreported donations, the campaign received $2,384,562 from the securities and investment industry, the campaign said. These are donations given to her candidate committee during the 2016 election cycle.
After the debate, a blog post on OpenSecrets.org noted the missing context in Clinton’s claim, mainly comparing reported Wall Street donations to the total number ($77.5 million) of donations, which includes unreported donations that can’t be tracked by the public. When comparing to the total amount of reported donations, Wall Street donations comprise 3.9 percent, according to OpenSecrets. Reported donations from people who marked “teacher” as their occupation totaled $747,493. Students are not included in the Education industry donations, as students often donate on behalf of their parents and do not necessarily represent the interests of people working in the education industry. Reported donations from people who self-identified as “students” totaled $747,493.
Further, the blog post showed how the comparisons would change if super PAC donations were included. “Taking into account donations to both outside groups and the Clinton campaign itself, Wall Street has provided about 7.2 percent of the funds backing Clinton — more than double what she said on Saturday,” according to the post.]
“Next thing we do, pay equity for women workers. Women should not be making 79 cents on the dollar compared to that.”
—Sanders
There is clearly a wage gap, but differences in the life choices of men and women — such as women tending to leave the workforce when they have children — make it difficult to make simple comparisons.
Sanders is using a figure (annual wages, from the Census Bureau) that makes the disparity appear the greatest—21 cents on the dollar.
But the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the gap is 18 cents when looking at weekly wages. The gap is even smaller when you look at hourly wages — 13 cents — but then not every wage earner is paid on an hourly basis, so that statistic excludes salaried workers.
In other words, since women in general work fewer hours than men in a year, the statistics used by Democrats such as Sanders may be less reliable for examining the key focus of legislation pending in Congress — wage discrimination. The weekly wage is more of an apples-to-apples comparison, but it does not include as many income categories.
Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis surveyed economic literature and concluded that “research suggests that the actual gender wage gap (when female workers are compared with male workers who have similar characteristics) is much lower than the raw wage gap.” They cited one survey, prepared for the Labor Department under then-President George W. Bush, which concluded that when such differences are accounted for, much of the hourly wage gap dwindled, to about 5 cents on the dollar.
“As soon as we learned that they looked at that information – we fired that person.”
–Sanders
Actually, the breach in the Democratic National Committee data system was discovered on Wednesday—and the data director, Josh Uretsky, was not fired until Thursday.
“After one Sanders account gained access to the Clinton data, the audits show, that user began sharing permissions with other Sanders users,” Bloomberg News reported. “The staffers who secured access to the Clinton data included Uretsky and his deputy, Russell Drapkin. The two other usernames that viewed Clinton information were ‘talani’ and ‘csmith_bernie,’ created by Uretsky’s account after the breach began. The logs show that the Vermont senator’s team created at least 24 lists during the 40-minute breach, which started at 10:40 a.m., and saved those lists to their personal folders.”
Uretsky has denied any valuable data was stolen. “To the best of my knowledge, nobody took anything that would have given the [Sanders] campaign any benefit,” he told CNN.
“I am the very first post-9/11 mayor and the very first post-9/11 governor. I understand, from the ground up, that when attacks like San Bernardino happen, when attacks like the attacks of 9/11 happen, that when people call 911, the first people to show up are the local first responders.”
–O’Malley
What is O’Malley talking about? He was Baltimore mayor from 1999 through 2006, and Maryland governor from 2007 to 2015. His odd statement raised a lot of virtual eyebrows on Twitter, as users reacted in real-time after looking up the years he was elected. We asked his campaign spokeswoman, who explained as such: “He just meant that he’s the only major party candidate who was a mayor and governor after 9/11. Had to deal with the aftermath of the attacks on an executive level.”
Yes, that really is the explanation.
“We lose 33,000 people a year already to gun violence, arming more people to do what I think is not the appropriate response to terrorism.”
–Clinton
Clinton is essentially right: There were nearly 34,000 firearm deaths in the United States in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But it is worth noting that more than 60 percent were from suicides, not gun violence.
“I brought people together over some very deep racial divides and we were able to put our city on the path for the biggest reduction in crimes of any major city in America over the next 10 years.”
–O’Malley
This is one of O’Malley’s favorite stump lines, and he usually specifies that he is referring to serious crimes from 1999 to 2009. The numbers check out, but the FBI warns against comparing raw crime rates across cities, which can lead to misleading analyses about policies.
O’Malley is referring to Part 1 crimes, which are serious crimes that are likely to be reported to police. These crimes include criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, arson and motor vehicle theft.
FBI data confirm his calculation. The overall crime rate (the number of crimes per 100,000 people) fell by 48 percent during that decade, more than any other large police agency in the country. Specifically for violent crimes, the Baltimore City Police Department saw the third highest drop (behind Los Angeles and New York City) during the period. In 1999, Baltimore had the highest violent and property crime rate among the major police agencies in the country. In 2009, the city dropped to the 13th highest.
We often warn readers when politicians take credit for trends – like crime rates – that can’t be tracked to the policy decisions of a single politician. O’Malley’s policies as mayor may have contributed to the decline in crime rates, but there are many variables that can affect crime rates. As evidence of that, Baltimore’s crime rate trend mirrored other major cities at that time. Other major cities saw large drops leading up to 2009, with some at decades-low levels.
Plus, the FBI cautions against using reported crime figures to compile rankings of cities and counties. These rankings “lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions,” as there are many variables that factor into the unique geographic and demographic situation in a city or state.
Donald Trump accused of sexism over 'schlonged' comment. 50 per cent of voters say they are "embarrassed" by Mr Trump as he makes vulgar attack on Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, has been accused of sexism again after using a vulgar term during a crude attack on Hillary Clinton.
Appearing at a raucous political rally in Michigan the billionaire began talking about the 2008 race for the White House when Mrs Clinton lost out to Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination.
Mr Trump said: "She was going to beat Obama. She was favoured to win and she got schlonged. She lost, I mean she lost."
The US media spent much of the day analysing what Mr Trump had meant by his use of the word "schlong".
According to the Oxford English Dictionary it is a vulgar slang term for penis, originating from Yiddish.
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Mr Trump went on to discuss how Mrs Clinton had been late returning to the stage after a bathroom break during last week's televised Democratic debate.
He told the crowd: "I know where she went, it's disgusting. I don't want to talk about it. No, it's too disgusting. Don't say it, it's disgusting."
A spokeswoman for Mrs Clinton's campaign had no doubt Mr Trump's use of "schlonged" had been sexist and offensive.
She said: "We are not responding to Trump but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should."
'Given Trump’s history of vulgarity and misogyny it's entirely possible he created a sexist term for "defeat"'
Steven Pinker, Harvard language expert say that the word is normally a noun and few previous uses of it as a verb could be found.
Steven Pinker, a language expert at Harvard University, told the Washington Post: "Given Trump’s history of vulgarity and misogyny it's entirely possible that he had created a sexist term for 'defeat'. "But given his history with sloppy language it’s also possible that it's a malaprop."
It was was not the first time Mr Trump has been accused of making sexist comments in the campaign.
At one point he said of Carly Fiorina, the only female candidate in the Republican field: "Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that?"
A new Quinnipiac poll found 50 per cent of US voters would feel "embarrassed" if Mr Trump were elected president, while 23 per cent said they would feel "proud".
The poll had Mr Trump leading the Republican field with 28 per cent support, followed by Senator Ted Cruz at 24 per cent and Senator Marco Rubio at 12 per cent.
Donald Trump Quotes
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- On success:
- "Everything in life is luck"
- On his hair:
- "I actually don't have a bad hairline. When you think about it, it's not bad. I mean, I get a lot of credit for comb-overs. But it's not really a comb-over"
- On Katie Hopkins:
- "Thank you to respected columnist Katie Hopkins of Daily Mail.com for her powerful writing on the UK's Muslim problems"
- On Barack Obama:
- "The president is probably the least transparent president in the history of the country"
- On parenting:
- "Not teaching your kids about money is like not caring whether they eat"
- On the US:
- "The country is going to hell, we have people who don't know what they're doing in Washington"
- On getting elected:
- "We will have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning"
- On his hard life:
- "My whole life really has been a 'no' and I fought through it... It has not been easy for me... My father gave me a small loan of $1 million"
- On Mexicans:
- "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best... They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people”
- On Muslims (after the San Bernardino shooting):
- "[I am] calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on"
Jeb Responds To Trump’s ‘Schlonged’ Comment — By Blaming Hillary’s ‘Victimology Status’. Jeb Bush is now castigating Donald Trump’s obscene attack against Hillary Clinton — sort of — because, Jeb says, the real crime The Donald has committed is he’s made it easier for Hillary to keep playing the victim.
At a rally Monday night in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump said that Clinton got “schlonged” by Barack Obama in 2008. (Schlong is a vulgar Yiddish slang term for a penis.)
“She’s great at being the victim. You know, this will enhance her victimology status. This is what she loves doing,” Bush told reporters Tuesday in New Hampshire, video of which has been posted on Twitter by ABC News. “Trump is not gonna be president, because he says these things — it turns people off. I mean for crying out loud, we’re two days before Christmas — lighten up, man.”
“You said ‘playing the victim,'” a reporter asked. “Is saying someone was ‘schlonged’ not victimizing language? ‘
“I’m saying she will use this in a way that won’t be helpful to our cause,” Jeb answered. “I’m concurring with the question.”
2016 Republican Presidential Nomination
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8/2 26 6 4 5 12 4 4 2 3 6 1 1 0 Trump +14 Bloomberg 7/30 - 8/2 21 4 6 5 10 4 5 1 4 7 1 2 0 Trump +11 CBS News 7/29 - 8/2 24 6 6 6 13 3 4 0 1 8 0 1 1 Trump +11 NBC/WSJ 7/26 - 7/30 19 9 5 10 14 3 6 0 3 6 0 1 0 Trump +4 Quinnipiac 7/23 - 7/28 20 5 6 6 10 3 6 1 5 6 1 1 1 Trump +7 Rasmussen 7/26 - 7/27 26 7 5 5 10 2 3 1 5 7 1 2 1 Trump +12 CNN/ORC 7/22 - 7/25 18 7 6 4 15 4 6 1 4 5 1 2 1 Trump +3 PPP (D) 7/20 - 7/21 19 4 10 10 12 3 4 4 3 8 0 1 0 Trump +2 ABC/Wash Post 7/16 - 7/19 24 4 7 6 12 3 6 0 2 8 0 1 1 Trump +11 FOX News 7/13 - 7/15 18 4 7 6 14 3 8 1 2 4 0 2 0 Trump +3 USAT/Suffolk 7/9 - 7/12 17 6 5 4 14 3 4 1 1 4 0 1 0 Trump +3 Monmouth 7/9 - 7/12 13 9 6 6 15 2 6 1 1 7 0 2 0 Bush +2 CNN/ORC 6/26 - 6/28 12 3 6 7 19 3 7 1 2 8 1 3 0 Bush +7 FOX News 6/21 - 6/23 11 4 8 10 15 2 9 3 2 6 1 3 1 Bush +4 NBC/WSJ 6/14 - 6/18 1 4 14 11 22 4 7 2 1 9 1 0 0 Bush +5 Monmouth 6/11 - 6/14 2 5 9 11 9 4 6 2 1 8 2 3 0 Carson +1 FOX News 5/31 - 6/2 4 8 7 11 12 5 9 2 2 6 2 2 2 Tie CNN/ORC 5/29 - 5/31 3 8 14 7 13 4 8 1 1 10 1 2 3 Rubio +1 ABC/Wash Post 5/28 - 5/31 4 8 10 8 10 6 11 2 3 9 1 4 1 Tie Quinnipiac 5/19 - 5/26 5 6 10 10 10 4 7 2 2 10 1 0 0 Tie FOX News 5/9 - 5/12 4 6 9 13 13 6 7 1 2 10 0 2 0 Tie PPP (D) 5/7 - 5/10 -- 10 13 12 11 5 9 -- -- 12 -- -- -- Walker +5 NBC/WSJ 4/26 - 4/30 -- 11 18 7 23 5 11 1 -- 5 -- -- -- Bush +5 FOX News 4/19 - 4/21 5 8 13 6 9 6 10 0 2 9 1 1 1 Rubio +1 Quinnipiac 4/16 - 4/21 -- 9 15 3 13 7 8 1 2 7 2 2 -- Rubio +2 CNN/ORC 4/16 - 4/19 -- 7 11 4 17 4 11 2 2 9 2 3 0 Bush +5 FOX News 3/29 - 3/31 3 10 8 11 12 4 9 1 1 10 0 2 1 Walker +3 ABC/Wash Post 3/26 - 3/29 -- 12 8 6 21 7 8 1 1 8 1 2 -- Bush +8 PPP (D) 3/26 - 3/31 -- 16 6 10 17 4 10 -- -- 6 -- -- -- Walker +3 CNN/ORC 3/13 - 3/15 -- 4 7 9 16 7 12 0 2 10 1 1 -- Bush +3 McClatchy/Marist 3/1 - 3/4 -- 4 5 9 19 6 7 2 -- 10 1 2 -- Bush +1 Quinnipiac 2/26 - 3/2 -- 6 5 7 16 8 6 -- 1 8 1 2 -- Walker +2 PPP (D) 2/20 - 2/22 -- 5 3 18 17 5 4 -- -- 10 -- -- -- Walker +7 CNN/ORC 2/12 - 2/15 -- 3 6 9 12 7 11 1 2 17 1 2 -- Huckabee +5 FOX News 1/25 - 1/27 -- 4 5 10 15 6 13 -- 2 13 1 2 -- Bush +2 CNN/ORC 12/18 - 12/21 -- 4 5 7 23 13 6 -- 3 6 -- 2 -- Bush +10 ABC/Wash Post 12/11 - 12/14 -- 8 7 8 14 7 10 -- 2 7 -- 3 -- Bush +4 McClatchy/Marist 12/3 - 12/9 -- 5 3 8 16 10 6 1 3 12 -- 3 -- Bush +4 CNN/ORC 11/21 - 11/23 -- 7 3 11 14 9 8 -- 3 10 -- 2 -- Bush +3 Quinnipiac 11/18 - 11/23 -- 5 3 9 14 11 8 -- 2 7 -- 2 -- Bush +3 Rasmussen 11/20 - 11/21 -- -- -- -- 18 15 13 -- -- -- -- -- -- Walker +2 ABC/Wash Post 10/9 - 10/12 -- 4 8 7 13 8 12 -- 2 12 -- 4 -- Bush +1 McClatchy/Marist 9/24 - 9/29 -- 4 6 -- 15 12 13 -- -- -- -- 3 -- Bush +2 McClatchy/Marist 8/4 - 8/4 -- 10 9 -- 13 13 7 -- -- -- -- 3 -- Tie FOX News 7/20 - 7/22 -- 9 9 -- 12 10 11 -- 2 -- -- 3 -- Tie CNN/ORC 7/18 - 7/20 -- 8 6 -- 8 13 12 -- -- 12 -- 3 -- Christie +1 Quinnipiac 6/24 - 6/30 -- 8 6 -- 10 10 11 -- 2 10 -- 2 -- Paul +1 CNN/ORC 5/29 - 6/1 -- 9 8 -- 12 8 14 -- -- 11 -- 4 -- Paul +2 CNN/ORC 5/2 - 5/4 -- 7 6 -- 13 9 13 -- -- 10 -- 2 -- Tie ABC/Wash Post 4/24 - 4/27 -- 7 6 -- 12 9 15 -- 1 14 -- -- -- Paul +1 FOX News 4/13 - 4/15 -- 7 8 -- 14 15 14 -- -- -- -- 5 -- Christie +1 McClatchy/Marist 4/7 - 4/10 -- 4 7 -- 13 12 12 -- 0 13 -- 3 -- Tie Reason-Rupe 3/26 - 3/30 -- 6 6 -- 11 10 11 -- -- 15 -- -- -- Huckabee +4 WPA (R) 3/18 - 3/20 -- 9 6 -- 11 9 13 -- -- 13 -- 3 -- Tie CNN/ORC 3/7 - 3/9 -- 8 5 -- 9 8 16 -- -- 10 -- 3 -- Paul +5 PPP (D) 3/6 - 3/9 -- 11 6 -- 15 14 14 -- -- 18 -- -- -- Huckabee +3 McClatchy/Marist 2/4 - 2/9 -- 5 12 -- 8 13 9 -- 1 13 -- 2 -- Tie CNN/ORC 1/31 - 2/2 -- 10 10 -- 9 12 14 -- -- 16 -- 5 -- Huckabee +2 PPP (D) 1/23 - 1/26 -- 8 8 -- 14 13 11 -- -- 16 -- -- -- Huckabee +2 ABC/Wash Post 1/20 - 1/23 -- 12 10 -- 18 14 11 -- -- -- -- -- -- Bush +4 Quinnipiac 1/15 - 1/19 -- 9 8 -- 11 12 13 -- 2 -- -- -- -- Paul +1 NBC/Marist 1/12 - 1/14 -- 5 7 -- 8 16 9 -- -- -- -- 5 -- Christie +7 FOX News 12/14 - 12/16 -- 12 8 -- 12 16 11 -- -- -- -- 3 -- Christie +4 PPP (D) 12/12 - 12/15 -- 14 7 -- 10 19 11 -- -- 13 -- -- -- Christie +5 Quinnipiac 12/3 - 12/9 -- 13 7 -- 11 17 14 -- 2 -- -- -- -- Christie +3 McClatchy/Marist 12/3 - 12/5 -- 10 7 -- 10 18 12 -- -- -- -- 4 -- Christie +6 CNN/ORC 11/18 - 11/20 -- 11 10 -- 5 24 15 -- -- -- -- 6 -- Christie +9 Rasmussen 11/7 - 11/8 -- 12 16 -- 12 22 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- Christie +2 PPP (D) 10/29 - 10/31 -- 15 10 -- 14 16 16 -- -- -- -- 5 -- Tie Quinnipiac 9/23 - 9/29 -- 10 12 -- 11 13 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- Paul +4 PPP (D) 9/25 - 9/26 -- 20 10 -- 11 14 17 -- -- -- -- 3 -- Cruz +3 CNN/ORC 9/6 - 9/8 -- 7 9 -- 10 17 13 -- -- -- -- 5 -- Christie +4 Rasmussen 8/1 - 8/2 -- -- 18 -- 16 21 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- Christie +3 PPP (D) 7/19 - 7/21 -- 12 10 -- 13 13 16 -- -- -- -- 4 -- Paul +3 McClatchy/Marist 7/15 - 7/18 -- 7 12 -- 10 15 9 -- -- -- -- 2 -- Christie +3 PPP (D) 5/6 - 5/9 -- 7 16 -- 15 15 14 -- -- -- -- 5 -- Rubio +1 Quinnipiac 3/26 - 4/1 -- -- 19 -- 10 14 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- Rubio +4 PPP (D) 3/27 - 3/30 -- -- 21 -- 12 15 17 -- -- -- -- 5 -- Rubio +4 PPP (D) 1/31 - 2/3 -- -- 22 -- 13 13 10 -- -- 11 -- -- -- Rubio +9 PPP (D) 1/3 - 1/6 -- -- 21 -- 14 14 5 -- -- 15 -- -- -- Rubio +6 PPP (D) 11/30 - 12/2 -- -- 18 -- 12 14 7 -- -- 11 -- 4 -- Rubio +4
Skier Marcel Hirscher almost hit by camera drone in World Cup slalom. Four-time defending overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher narrowly avoided being hit by a drone during an Alpine slalom race in Italy on Tuesday.
The Austrian was on his second run when a drone carrying a camera crashed onto the slope centimetres behind him.
"This is horrible," said Hirscher, 26. "This can never happen again. This can be a serious injury."
Despite the incident, Hirscher finished in second place, 1.25 seconds behind Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) subsequently announced that it will ban camera drones from its World Cup races.
FIS men's race director Markus Waldner told The Associated Press that drones will be prohibited "because they are a bad thing for safety".
The company responsible for the camera drone, sports marketing agency Infront, said in a statement that the circumstances leading to the crash "are currently being examined".
In a post on his Instagram account following the drone crash, he joked there was "heavy air traffic in Italy".
Hirscher won slalom silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,
His performance at Madonna di Campiglio on Tuesday helped him reclaim the overall World Cup lead from Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal.
In March, Hirscher became the first skier to win the men's overall title for a fourth consecutive year.
Six Republican candidates expected in Fox Business debate. The sixth Republican primary debate will likely see as few as six candidates on the main stage, relegating candidates like Rand Paul and John Kasich to the undercard round, according to criteria released by Fox Business Network on Tuesday evening.
The Jan. 14 primetime debate will include the top six candidates based on the average of the five most recent national polls, as well as those who finish in the top five in Iowa or New Hampshire. Polls must meet Fox Business standards and be released before January 11 at 6 p.m. ET.
At present, the same six candidates are at the top of all three polls. But a Fox Business spokesperson confirmed that the main stage could include more than six candidates depending on where things stand in mid-January.
The Jan. 14 debate will also see the return of the undercard round. Candidates must clear 1 percent in at least one of the five most recent polls to participate in that debate.
The Fox Business debate will be held in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Regardless of it all happening mid week today, please stay in touch.
| Poll | Date | Trump | Cruz | Rubio | Carson | Bush | Christie | Paul | Fiorina | Kasich | Huckabee | Graham | Santorum | Pataki | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 12/4 - 12/21 | 35.1 | 18.1 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | Trump +17.0 |
| CNN/ORC | 12/17 - 12/21 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Trump +21 |
| Quinnipiac | 12/16 - 12/20 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +4 |
| FOX News | 12/16 - 12/17 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +21 |
| PPP (D) | 12/16 - 12/17 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Trump +16 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 12/10 - 12/13 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Trump +23 |
| Monmouth | 12/10 - 12/13 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Trump +27 |
| NBC/WSJ | 12/6 - 12/9 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | Trump +5 |
| CBS/NY Times | 12/4 - 12/8 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trump +19 |
| USA Today/Suffolk | 12/2 - 12/6 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +10 |
| IBD/TIPP | 11/30 - 12/4 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -- | Trump +12 |
| CNN/ORC | 11/27 - 12/1 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trump +20 |
| Quinnipiac | 11/23 - 11/30 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trump +10 |
| FOX News | 11/16 - 11/19 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Trump +10 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 11/16 - 11/19 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Trump +10 |
| PPP (D) | 11/16 - 11/17 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Trump +7 |
| Bloomberg | 11/15 - 11/17 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Trump +4 |
| FOX News | 11/1 - 11/3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trump +3 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 10/29 - 11/4 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Carson +1 |
| Quinnipiac | 10/29 - 11/2 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +1 |
| NBC/WSJ | 10/25 - 10/29 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | Carson +6 |
| IBD/TIPP | 10/24 - 10/29 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +5 |
| CBS/NY Times | 10/21 - 10/25 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Carson +4 |
| NBC/WSJ | 10/15 - 10/18 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trump +3 |
| Monmouth | 10/15 - 10/18 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Trump +10 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 10/15 - 10/18 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Trump +10 |
| CNN/ORC | 10/14 - 10/17 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Trump +5 |
| FOX News | 10/10 - 10/12 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Trump +1 |
| CBS News | 10/4 - 10/8 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +6 |
| PPP (D) | 10/1 - 10/4 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Trump +10 |
| IBD/TIPP | 9/26 - 10/1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carson +7 |
| USAT/Suffolk | 9/24 - 9/28 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Trump +10 |
| Pew Research* | 9/22 - 9/27 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Trump +9 |
| NBC/WSJ | 9/20 - 9/24 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +1 |
| FOX News | 9/20 - 9/22 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Trump +8 |
| Bloomberg | 9/18 - 9/21 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +5 |
| Quinnipiac | 9/17 - 9/21 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Trump +8 |
| CNN/ORC | 9/17 - 9/19 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +9 |
| CBS/NY Times | 9/9 - 9/13 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +4 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 9/7 - 9/10 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +13 |
| CNN/ORC | 9/4 - 9/8 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Trump +13 |
| Monmouth | 8/31 - 9/2 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trump +12 |
| PPP (D) | 8/28 - 8/30 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Trump +14 |
| Quinnipiac | 8/20 - 8/25 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +16 |
| CNN/ORC | 8/13 - 8/16 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +11 |
| FOX News | 8/11 - 8/13 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Trump +13 |
| Rasmussen | 8/9 - 8/10 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Trump +7 |
| FOX News | 7/30 - 8/2 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Trump +11 |
| Monmouth | 7/30 - 8/2 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Trump +14 |
| Bloomberg | 7/30 - 8/2 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Trump +11 |
| CBS News | 7/29 - 8/2 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Trump +11 |
| NBC/WSJ | 7/26 - 7/30 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +4 |
| Quinnipiac | 7/23 - 7/28 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Trump +7 |
| Rasmussen | 7/26 - 7/27 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Trump +12 |
| CNN/ORC | 7/22 - 7/25 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Trump +3 |
| PPP (D) | 7/20 - 7/21 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +2 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 7/16 - 7/19 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Trump +11 |
| FOX News | 7/13 - 7/15 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Trump +3 |
| USAT/Suffolk | 7/9 - 7/12 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Trump +3 |
| Monmouth | 7/9 - 7/12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Bush +2 |
| CNN/ORC | 6/26 - 6/28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Bush +7 |
| FOX News | 6/21 - 6/23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Bush +4 |
| NBC/WSJ | 6/14 - 6/18 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bush +5 |
| Monmouth | 6/11 - 6/14 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Carson +1 |
| FOX News | 5/31 - 6/2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Tie |
| CNN/ORC | 5/29 - 5/31 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rubio +1 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 5/28 - 5/31 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Tie |
| Quinnipiac | 5/19 - 5/26 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tie |
| FOX News | 5/9 - 5/12 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Tie |
| PPP (D) | 5/7 - 5/10 | -- | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | -- | -- | 12 | -- | -- | -- | Walker +5 |
| NBC/WSJ | 4/26 - 4/30 | -- | 11 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 1 | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | Bush +5 |
| FOX News | 4/19 - 4/21 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rubio +1 |
| Quinnipiac | 4/16 - 4/21 | -- | 9 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | -- | Rubio +2 |
| CNN/ORC | 4/16 - 4/19 | -- | 7 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Bush +5 |
| FOX News | 3/29 - 3/31 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Walker +3 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 3/26 - 3/29 | -- | 12 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | -- | Bush +8 |
| PPP (D) | 3/26 - 3/31 | -- | 16 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 10 | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | Walker +3 |
| CNN/ORC | 3/13 - 3/15 | -- | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | -- | Bush +3 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 3/1 - 3/4 | -- | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 2 | -- | 10 | 1 | 2 | -- | Bush +1 |
| Quinnipiac | 2/26 - 3/2 | -- | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 6 | -- | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | -- | Walker +2 |
| PPP (D) | 2/20 - 2/22 | -- | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | Walker +7 |
| CNN/ORC | 2/12 - 2/15 | -- | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | -- | Huckabee +5 |
| FOX News | 1/25 - 1/27 | -- | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 13 | -- | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | -- | Bush +2 |
| CNN/ORC | 12/18 - 12/21 | -- | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 13 | 6 | -- | 3 | 6 | -- | 2 | -- | Bush +10 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 12/11 - 12/14 | -- | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 10 | -- | 2 | 7 | -- | 3 | -- | Bush +4 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 12/3 - 12/9 | -- | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | -- | 3 | -- | Bush +4 |
| CNN/ORC | 11/21 - 11/23 | -- | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 8 | -- | 3 | 10 | -- | 2 | -- | Bush +3 |
| Quinnipiac | 11/18 - 11/23 | -- | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | -- | 2 | 7 | -- | 2 | -- | Bush +3 |
| Rasmussen | 11/20 - 11/21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18 | 15 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Walker +2 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 10/9 - 10/12 | -- | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 12 | -- | 2 | 12 | -- | 4 | -- | Bush +1 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 9/24 - 9/29 | -- | 4 | 6 | -- | 15 | 12 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | Bush +2 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 8/4 - 8/4 | -- | 10 | 9 | -- | 13 | 13 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | Tie |
| FOX News | 7/20 - 7/22 | -- | 9 | 9 | -- | 12 | 10 | 11 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | Tie |
| CNN/ORC | 7/18 - 7/20 | -- | 8 | 6 | -- | 8 | 13 | 12 | -- | -- | 12 | -- | 3 | -- | Christie +1 |
| Quinnipiac | 6/24 - 6/30 | -- | 8 | 6 | -- | 10 | 10 | 11 | -- | 2 | 10 | -- | 2 | -- | Paul +1 |
| CNN/ORC | 5/29 - 6/1 | -- | 9 | 8 | -- | 12 | 8 | 14 | -- | -- | 11 | -- | 4 | -- | Paul +2 |
| CNN/ORC | 5/2 - 5/4 | -- | 7 | 6 | -- | 13 | 9 | 13 | -- | -- | 10 | -- | 2 | -- | Tie |
| ABC/Wash Post | 4/24 - 4/27 | -- | 7 | 6 | -- | 12 | 9 | 15 | -- | 1 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | Paul +1 |
| FOX News | 4/13 - 4/15 | -- | 7 | 8 | -- | 14 | 15 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | Christie +1 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 4/7 - 4/10 | -- | 4 | 7 | -- | 13 | 12 | 12 | -- | 0 | 13 | -- | 3 | -- | Tie |
| Reason-Rupe | 3/26 - 3/30 | -- | 6 | 6 | -- | 11 | 10 | 11 | -- | -- | 15 | -- | -- | -- | Huckabee +4 |
| WPA (R) | 3/18 - 3/20 | -- | 9 | 6 | -- | 11 | 9 | 13 | -- | -- | 13 | -- | 3 | -- | Tie |
| CNN/ORC | 3/7 - 3/9 | -- | 8 | 5 | -- | 9 | 8 | 16 | -- | -- | 10 | -- | 3 | -- | Paul +5 |
| PPP (D) | 3/6 - 3/9 | -- | 11 | 6 | -- | 15 | 14 | 14 | -- | -- | 18 | -- | -- | -- | Huckabee +3 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 2/4 - 2/9 | -- | 5 | 12 | -- | 8 | 13 | 9 | -- | 1 | 13 | -- | 2 | -- | Tie |
| CNN/ORC | 1/31 - 2/2 | -- | 10 | 10 | -- | 9 | 12 | 14 | -- | -- | 16 | -- | 5 | -- | Huckabee +2 |
| PPP (D) | 1/23 - 1/26 | -- | 8 | 8 | -- | 14 | 13 | 11 | -- | -- | 16 | -- | -- | -- | Huckabee +2 |
| ABC/Wash Post | 1/20 - 1/23 | -- | 12 | 10 | -- | 18 | 14 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bush +4 |
| Quinnipiac | 1/15 - 1/19 | -- | 9 | 8 | -- | 11 | 12 | 13 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Paul +1 |
| NBC/Marist | 1/12 - 1/14 | -- | 5 | 7 | -- | 8 | 16 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | Christie +7 |
| FOX News | 12/14 - 12/16 | -- | 12 | 8 | -- | 12 | 16 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | Christie +4 |
| PPP (D) | 12/12 - 12/15 | -- | 14 | 7 | -- | 10 | 19 | 11 | -- | -- | 13 | -- | -- | -- | Christie +5 |
| Quinnipiac | 12/3 - 12/9 | -- | 13 | 7 | -- | 11 | 17 | 14 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Christie +3 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 12/3 - 12/5 | -- | 10 | 7 | -- | 10 | 18 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | Christie +6 |
| CNN/ORC | 11/18 - 11/20 | -- | 11 | 10 | -- | 5 | 24 | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | Christie +9 |
| Rasmussen | 11/7 - 11/8 | -- | 12 | 16 | -- | 12 | 22 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Christie +2 |
| PPP (D) | 10/29 - 10/31 | -- | 15 | 10 | -- | 14 | 16 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | Tie |
| Quinnipiac | 9/23 - 9/29 | -- | 10 | 12 | -- | 11 | 13 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Paul +4 |
| PPP (D) | 9/25 - 9/26 | -- | 20 | 10 | -- | 11 | 14 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | Cruz +3 |
| CNN/ORC | 9/6 - 9/8 | -- | 7 | 9 | -- | 10 | 17 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | Christie +4 |
| Rasmussen | 8/1 - 8/2 | -- | -- | 18 | -- | 16 | 21 | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Christie +3 |
| PPP (D) | 7/19 - 7/21 | -- | 12 | 10 | -- | 13 | 13 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | Paul +3 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 7/15 - 7/18 | -- | 7 | 12 | -- | 10 | 15 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | Christie +3 |
| PPP (D) | 5/6 - 5/9 | -- | 7 | 16 | -- | 15 | 15 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | Rubio +1 |
| Quinnipiac | 3/26 - 4/1 | -- | -- | 19 | -- | 10 | 14 | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Rubio +4 |
| PPP (D) | 3/27 - 3/30 | -- | -- | 21 | -- | 12 | 15 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | Rubio +4 |
| PPP (D) | 1/31 - 2/3 | -- | -- | 22 | -- | 13 | 13 | 10 | -- | -- | 11 | -- | -- | -- | Rubio +9 |
| PPP (D) | 1/3 - 1/6 | -- | -- | 21 | -- | 14 | 14 | 5 | -- | -- | 15 | -- | -- | -- | Rubio +6 |
| PPP (D) | 11/30 - 12/2 | -- | -- | 18 | -- | 12 | 14 | 7 | -- | -- | 11 | -- | 4 | -- | Rubio +4 |
The Austrian was on his second run when a drone carrying a camera crashed onto the slope centimetres behind him.
"This is horrible," said Hirscher, 26. "This can never happen again. This can be a serious injury."
Despite the incident, Hirscher finished in second place, 1.25 seconds behind Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) subsequently announced that it will ban camera drones from its World Cup races.
FIS men's race director Markus Waldner told The Associated Press that drones will be prohibited "because they are a bad thing for safety".
The company responsible for the camera drone, sports marketing agency Infront, said in a statement that the circumstances leading to the crash "are currently being examined".
In a post on his Instagram account following the drone crash, he joked there was "heavy air traffic in Italy".
Hirscher won slalom silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,
His performance at Madonna di Campiglio on Tuesday helped him reclaim the overall World Cup lead from Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal.
In March, Hirscher became the first skier to win the men's overall title for a fourth consecutive year.
Six Republican candidates expected in Fox Business debate. The sixth Republican primary debate will likely see as few as six candidates on the main stage, relegating candidates like Rand Paul and John Kasich to the undercard round, according to criteria released by Fox Business Network on Tuesday evening.
The Jan. 14 primetime debate will include the top six candidates based on the average of the five most recent national polls, as well as those who finish in the top five in Iowa or New Hampshire. Polls must meet Fox Business standards and be released before January 11 at 6 p.m. ET.
At present, the same six candidates are at the top of all three polls. But a Fox Business spokesperson confirmed that the main stage could include more than six candidates depending on where things stand in mid-January.
The Jan. 14 debate will also see the return of the undercard round. Candidates must clear 1 percent in at least one of the five most recent polls to participate in that debate.
The Fox Business debate will be held in North Charleston, South Carolina.
The Jan. 14 primetime debate will include the top six candidates based on the average of the five most recent national polls, as well as those who finish in the top five in Iowa or New Hampshire. Polls must meet Fox Business standards and be released before January 11 at 6 p.m. ET.
At present, the same six candidates are at the top of all three polls. But a Fox Business spokesperson confirmed that the main stage could include more than six candidates depending on where things stand in mid-January.
The Jan. 14 debate will also see the return of the undercard round. Candidates must clear 1 percent in at least one of the five most recent polls to participate in that debate.
The Fox Business debate will be held in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Regardless of it all happening mid week today, please stay in touch.
