Posted on 08/05/2015 12:18:51 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
Billionaire Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead over his nearest rival in the GOP presidential primary, according to a FOX 5/Morris News Poll.
The real estate mogul and reality TV star received 30 percent, the largest support of 16 Republican candidates, in a survey conducted by OpinionSavvy/InsiderAdvantage this month of 569 likely Republican presidential primary voters.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came in second with 17 percent. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson trailed him with 10 percent, followed by former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee with 7 percent, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 6 percent, and Wis. Gov. Scott Walker with 5 percent.
Registering 3 percent were N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Ky. Sen. Rand Paul, and Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio.
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry both received 2 percent.
"The other candidates have quite a bit of ground to make up over the next few months. It should be noted that Trump does appear to suffer from a gender gap in Georgia, where men support him by about 10 points more than female voters do," said InsiderAdvantage founder Matt Towery.
He noted that Bush enjoys equal support from men and women, a pattern that extends across the South.
In addition to a gender gap in Trump's support, young voters also showed little interest in him. Only 5.5 percent of the age group made up of 18-to-29-year-olds picked the provocative candidate.
In contrast to Trump's weak appeal among the young, nearly 23 percent of voters the youngest voters favored Bush, while 22 percent supported Carson.
The youngest voters were also disproportionately undecided.
Overall, 4 percent of respondents were undecided. Among the 18-to-29-year-old group, however, it was more than 15 percent.
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Here in OH, we haven’t heard anything on the R side, but we saw the poll in FL where Trump is beating Jeb.
I don’t know of it. DJ? What do you know about crossover voting on Super Tuesday?
Yep.
Thta’s why it looks like Jeb may come up snake eyes, and why Kasich is in. The GOP-E is out of touch enough to think that OH will go for Kasich, who can then later endorse Bush.
But Jeb Bush is 2nd in most polls , about 10 points behind Trump.
I know all of you unfairly bashing Trump the only non career politician running think you are doing a great service for the bought and paid for politicians but you are just working for free for Jeb Bush.
The only thing keeping Jeb Bush from the nomination and presidency is Donald Trump. so support Trump
Jeb Bush is for Amnesty, common core, believes in Global warming. Jeb bush is to the left of most democrats
I’m from Georgia and it’s still Cruz/Walker for me. Trump’s got a lot of proving to me. He’s a “johnny come lately” to the party and has enough baggage to fill a 777 jet!
Yeah, that Kasich stuff is crazy. I’m here in OH and no one is excited about him as a gov. He’s done ok, but expanded Medicaid-—nothing world beating.
It depends on the states whether they have open or closed primaries (or if you can switch over right beforehand). My state (TN) unfortunately has open primaries, so Dems do try to help us nominate the most left-wing RINO. Last go-around, though, Santorum won our primary. Michigan was a problem state in 2000. Dem activists colluded with McQueeg’s campaign to bus in Black voters to the polls to vote for him in the GOP primary (upsetting Dubya), which accounted for a brief flurry of movement towards McQueeg.
It’s why we need closed primaries to avoid this chicanery. Assuming there’s an active Dem side, we may not see much crossover this time around.
I agree.
And in places like Florida, the POTUS primary and the state/local primaries are months apart and you only need 29 days interval to switch back and forth.
We really need a credible opponent for Hillary or we’ll get Bush as the R nom.
I think it’s ludicrous that the primaries are held this early. Needs to be returned to the summer, not held in the winter close to a year ahead of the general.
If,( and that is a big if) Trump stays in and maintains his leads, he could
run the tables on Super Tuesday.
In Georgia as well, and I agree with you in every way.
They will probably both have a position in Trump's cabinet.
Let's see if he can close the deal for the nomination and the Presidency.
If he proves it...well, then...
That’s what he’s doing.
“WE really need Trump and/or Cruz to carry the city populations.”
No, we don’t. Love him or hate him, Rowe showed us in the 2004 election that the numbers to pull conservatives over the line and into the presidency are in exurbia. The exurbia population far outnumbers the rapidly falling city populations.
All you have to do is motivate exurbia voters to get out to the polls and vote.
We are in GA and everybody we know is now on the Trump bandwagon.
We are in GA and everybody we know is now on the Trump bandwagon.
the other 9 dwarves supported Obama trade that is a trojan horse for more immigration and are owned by big daddy donors and lobbyists.
I hope Trump can win and seal the deal tonite
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