A very good article, thanks for posting something that isn’t just anti-Trump trash from Beck or someone. I think this point bears repeating:
“Primary contests are partly ways of signaling to the partisan electorate who they are supposed to vote for.”
As are polls, without regard for how “scientific” they are or what sample size and margin of error exists. Humans are influenced by what they see and hear, which is why advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry. Politics is no different, and Donald Trump is a master at marketing and promotion, and knows that if he is perceived as the nominee, he will be it. Perception becomes reality.
He’s going to run the south. that’s practically guaranteed. He’s quite popular in the north. He’s poised for a very strong performance.