… “I think Donald Trump, as of today, is the Republican nominee for president,” Dowd said on ABC’s This Week on Sept. 6, 2015. “He leads nationally in every single poll for more than two months. He leads every single state, including favorite-son states like Florida, where he leads Jeb Bush. Jeb Bush is third. And any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination.”
We wanted to check Dowd’s history. Is it accurate that the Republican who has topped the polls nationally and in states that conduct polls this early goes on to win the nomination? CONT.
Jon Greenberg, PunditFact