Posted on 05/04/2016 10:13:49 AM PDT by Starman417
Donald Trump has won the Indiana primary in landslide. With Ted Cruz dropping out and barring a coup d'etat at the convention he is the nominee.
Trump's negatives are very high (but then, so are Hillary's) but it is undeniable that there is a hunger out there for what he represents. And that is, being out of the yoke of the establishment. Statements such as this
"The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That's the conflict here,"really piss people off. The GOP overlords make clear that your vote doesn't matter. It's an Outer Limits kind of thing:
Voting for Trump makes people feel like they still are part of a democracy and they want a voice. For better or worse, Trump is not beholden to mega donors. In fact, they're sitting on their checkbooks, and frankly, that will provide Trump with even more appeal to the average voter.
Trump can win. He can beat Hillary. Some interesting rumblings are afoot. There is a recent Rasmussen poll showing Trump over Hillary 41-39:
Last week, Rasmussen Reports gave voters the option of staying home on Election Day if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the big party nominees, and six percent (6%) said that’s what they intend to do for now. Clinton and Trump were tied with 38% support each; 16% said they would vote for some other candidate, and two percent (2%) were undecided.Trump has reached a new high level of support among Republicans:But Trump edges slightly ahead if the stay-at-home option is removed. Trump also now does twice as well among Democrats as Clinton does among Republicans.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds Trump with 41% support to Clinton’s 39%. Fifteen percent (15%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Donald Trump reached a new high among Republicans in a national NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday.But it's later on in the article that things get interesting:The real estate mogul has 56 percent support, more than doubling his advantage over Ted Cruz, who sits at 22 percent. John Kasich rounds out the survey with 14 percent support. An additional 7 percent remain undecided.
In a hypothetical head-to-head matchup, Clinton beats both Trump and Cruz, though many voters haven’t surveyed haven’t decided who they would vote for. Of those who did, however, Clinton tops Trump by 6 percentage points (43 percent to 37 percent) and Cruz by 14 percentage points (44 percent to 30 percent).Six points is not a big lead for now and that was with Cruz in the race. But here's why Trump can win. A CNN/ORC poll shows Clinton leading 54-41 but again, it's in the nitty gritty where the important stuff lies:
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He’s not a jerk, he’s a savvy competitor, and he’s our savvy competitor now.
Absolutely.
OP is still a blog pimp, though.
Does anyone REALLY think Donald will let let himself be beaten by Hillary after coming so far?
Donald is brilliant and tireless, and he knows ALL the dirt on the criminal Hillary. Not being PC crippled and spineless as the rest of the politicians, he will hit her with ALL of it.
He will SLAUGHTER her.
He’s isn’t a jerk.
Not a yuge fan of The Donald but it’s #NeverHillary from now on.
Well said.
He can also lose. Only he can control which happens.
As Mark Twain said, “In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” -
Still better than Hillary.
Heck, I held my nose and voted for McCain and Romney. Take one for the team and pull the lever for Trump.
Look at it this way, whatever kind of President he’ll be, whatever his true political philosophy is...the next four years will be interesting with him in the Oval Office.
LOL, the hits just keep coming.
It will be interesting to see if he can keep his mouth shut when the entire world moves on his slightest utterance.
He won it the old-fashioned way.
No one can say he won a single state via crooked means. He didn’t quit when flamed. He didn’t waver when threatened.
He went to the people, talked to them, and gave a damn about what they were going through.
It’s the stuff they made movies back in the 30s championing.
So are you all in for Hillary? Campaigning for her and trashing Trump?
Thank you
That's just a matter of opinion. I think he's a jerk, but I don't care about that. He has my support and vote.
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