I still do not understand the Carson staying power. Policy wise he is a disaster and has zero qualifications for being elected, other than being an outsider. Trump continues to be strong and the Amnestio and Fiorina bounces are over. Ted just can't get any traction despite the positive articles in the last week. Have a great night. Make America Great Again!!
OCTOBER 13TH, 2015 (5-DAY ROLLING)
501 Responses
Businessman Donald Trump
30.6%
Surgeon and author Ben Carson
20.9%
Former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush
8%
Wouldn’t vote
7.4%
Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio
6.5%
Tex. Sen. Ted Cruz
6%
Former Sen. candidate and business executive Carly Fiorina
4.7%
Ken. Sen. Rand Paul
3.6%
NJ Gov. Chris Christie
3.1%
Former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee
3%
Ohio Gov. John Kasich
2.8%
Former Va. Gov. Jim Gilmore
1.2%
SC Sen. Lindsey Graham
1%
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal
0.7%
Former Penn. Sen. Rick Santorum
0.6%
Former NY Gov. George Pataki
— %
Former Tex. Gov. Rick Perry
— %
Wis. Gov. Scott Walker
— %
Fyi
I forget who has used this term the most but Carson has the “church lady” vote. If I find people who are overtly religious, they will usually be Carsonites. I continue to think, but could be wrong, that Carson is the Trump parking lot. If so, TRUMP IS OVER 50 RIGHT NOW.
Carly seems to be fizzling out. I wonder who the GOPe is going to push next?
Unless he can have his moment in one of the debates, I'm not sure if he can get any traction. So far the debate moderators have successfully prevented Ted from scoring any significant debate points.
Case in point in the most recent debate when Ted had a chance to differentiate himself from the rest of the field on globull warming but Tapper promptly and rudely shut him off.
Ted may just have to be more aggressive...
Like I've been saying every time I see people wonder about this, Carson has the low information stupid vote, the kind that likes Christian sounding platitudes and which every 4 years screws us over by propping weak candidates up who inevitably lose to RINOs.
I've met a few of these loathsome people, and their whole spiel consists of telling us about Ben Carson's character and his Christian bonafides. They don't care about policy and don't know much about it!
By the way, Carson is in the SDA, who have such goofy positions as: Satan will inevitably bear all our sins; hell fire is not eternal; the wicked simply cease to exist; and of course their founder was a real prophet with extra-biblical world changing revelation. (Amongst other stuff.)
He is black, conservative, religious, intelligent, polite, articulate, thoughtful, and a famous surgeon with a wonderful story of personal redemption and service. There are many Republicans who would like to vote for someone who is black to counter all the racism polemics against Republicans and Whites in general. Carson makes that easy if they are not (yet) comfortable choosing Trump. No one will criticize them for voting for such a man.
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The lying Fox Poll just out has Carson virtually tied. BTW I am not a Carson basher, just its fabricated.
I dont trust any of the polls, anybody that does is very naive
I don’t get Carson, either. Nice enough guy but not the link we need to tear up the elitists.
Nice to see Carla getting shoved back. Carson likely will start coming down too.
Jeb has a ceiling of 8 percent
“I still do not understand the Carson staying power. “
It has to be his ‘controversial’ common sense statements, on Muslims and gun control.
Both he and Trump were , honestly, lousy in the debate yet it didn’t hurt them one bit. Has to be the tweets, town halls, and interviews that show their non-PC and common sense side.