We saw before that Ted Cruz experienced a big surge in support in the all-important caucus state of Iowa, but it looks like he’s also making enormous gains nationally according to a new Quinnipiac poll!

Here are some of the results:

Ted Cruz leaps 8 full points to get within the margin of error on Trump!! And those gains seem to come at the expense of Ben Carson and Marco Rubio who both drop significantly in the presidential chase.

From Politico:

Donald Trump’s perch atop the 2016 presidential polls is looking a little shakier this morning. In the latest Quinnipiac University national survey released Tuesday, Trump leads Texas Sen. Ted Cruz by just four percentage points. Trump’s share remained essentially unchanged from the university’s last poll, ticking up one point to 28 percent. Cruz, meanwhile, shot up eight percentage points to 24 percent. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio finished third with 12 percent, a five-point drop since late November, while retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson continued his downward spiral with 10 percent, a six-point hit in the same period. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie registered 6 percent, his highest level of support in a telephone poll since late May. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush took 4 percent, while all other candidates earned 2 percent or less and 8 percent remained undecided. Of those who named a candidate, 58 percent of Republican voters said they might change their mind before voting in their state’s primary. Cruz commanded pluralities of support over Trump among those describing themselves as members of the tea party (38 percent to 27 percent) and white, born-again Evangelical Christians (33 percent to 22 percent). Cruz also led Trump among very conservative supporters (38 percent to 27 percent), while Trump led at least nominally in every other demographic polled. But it’s close. Among men, for example, Cruz trails Trump 30 percent to 29 percent, while among those with a college degree, he trails 24 percent to 21 percent.

Here are some other results:

Poll: 23% of Americans would be 'proud' if @realDonaldTrump became President, 50% would be 'embarrassed' pic.twitter.com/fsFIiAC3ZU — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) December 22, 2015

Poll: 33% of Americans would be 'proud' if @HillaryClinton became President, 35% would be 'embarrassed' pic.twitter.com/3wLHryVvV6 — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) December 22, 2015

And finally, in a head-to-head matchup with Hillary, Cruz performs the best, being the only Republican to NOT lose to the cankled Commie candidate!

This surge began showing up as far as a week ago, as this earlier report shows:

It appears that Santa has visited the Cruz household early and given a huge present to the Cuban firebrand!! But is this too early, and will some other candidate overtake him? Only time will tell!!

What do you think? Has Ted Cruz peaked too early or is this just the beginning? Let us know what you think in the comments section below!!

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