Posted on 07/21/2015 7:57:38 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Controversial Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the GOP primary in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll...
That's even though a majority of Americans, including most Republicans, say Trump does not represent the Republican Party's core values, and six in 10 overall -- including three in 10 in his own party -- say they wouldn't consider him for president were he the GOP nominee. ...
How long the Trump surge will last is an open question; this poll was conducted Thursday through Sunday before his controversial criticism Saturday of Sen. John McCain's status as a war hero. And Trump's support was conspicuously lower Sunday than in the first three previous days.
Trump's support was 28 percent in this survey's first three nights of polling. While the sample size of registered leaned Republicans on Sunday is quite small, he dropped to single digits that day.
(Excerpt) Read more at kmbz.com ...
The internals finding that 6 in 10 would not vote for him, most Republicans don’t consider him to represent the party’s core values (although he is very strong on dealing with border security), and with 3 in 10 Republicans saying they would not vote for him is quite telling.
Cruz in 2016...
Never forget Terri Schiavo!
Bush Bot won’t get the nomination. He is a RINO.
Certainly, most or the elected officials who claim to be Republicans don't exhibit any, at all.
Looks to me like we’re willing to get behind a single CORE value, as long as it accurately represents us for a change.
So true
ROTFLOL---good one.
I’m not sure he could take Utah.
.....but it seems to me that John McCain surfacing as a "victim" is the political fuel that jet-propelled Donald to the top of the polls.
Also helped by McC's lame-brained daughter defending him on Fox.....looking like a fricking Nazi.
ROTFLOL
Single issue voters (if that is what you speak of) will not win a presidential election for any candidate, be it Dem or Repub.
Another earlier poll showed substantial improvement in the number who would consider Trump someone they could vote for. I expect if he continues to gain support, he will be viewed by more and more as someone they could support.
Only the final day of polling came after reporting of his comments on McCain’s military background. His numbers for that day were significantly lower.
.....crowds so large, it necessitated simulcast at 2nd venue.
A past poll taken before he announced showed very low support for Trump with less than 40% saying they would vote for him and well over 50% saying they would not. That was lowered to 41% not supporting him and 40% support for him after he announced.
Now it is back up to 60% saying they would not consider voting for him. He may not recover.
For one thing, reports are that evangelicals were not pleased with his comments about communion.
GOP-E = RINO
So I guess they (the RINO Leadership) will find a way for Bush to win.
I wonder what the poll would have showed if this comment and been made on Thursday. BYW, reports are that evangelicals were not at all pleased with his comments about communion.
A past poll showed that less than 40% supported him, with well over 50% saying they would not vote for him. That was lowered to 41% not supporting him, and 40% supporting him after he announced he was running for the office of prtesident.
Now it is back up to 6 in 10 saying they will not vote for him.
Republicans aren’t allowed to win Presidential elections.
McCain won the nomination in 2008 with just 33% of the primary vote.
I believe those were just about the same numbers that said they wouldn't vote for Reagan, either.
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