Posted on 08/09/2015 7:59:39 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
CLEVELAND, Ohio: A Wall Street Journal report suggests that despite critics’ opinions predicting GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s poll numbers would fall, two early – though unscientific – polls predict that may be wrong.
“Time Magazine found that Mr. Trump took 47% of nearly 55,000 votes. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) of Florida was in second place with just 10%. The Drudge Report’s poll found more than half of nearly 362,000 voters favored Mr. Trump, well above everyone else,” the Wall Street Journal noted.
After Frank Luntz’s made his opinion on Trump’s performance suggesting “tonight his act wore thin,” conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh stood up for Trump, and instead went after Fox News’ performance.
“I have never seen this kind of public backlash against Fox News personalities since the network launched in 1997,” the radio legend stated.
Even Bloomberg Politics went after Fox News host Megyn Kelly for her questioning comparing it to “something Rachel Maddow would ask.”
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Thanks for the link. I think tens of millions of Americans have had enough of both parties. I think the Democrats will be stunned to know how many of their voters are pissed as we are at the direction of this country.
Yep. That’s why I say, we need to see some real polls, no matter how biased they are.
I solidly support Cruz, and tentatively support: second Carson, third Fiorina, and fourth Trump. I still wonder if there is some kind of “deal” between Cruz and Trump.
What part of us being sick of the BS do some of these twits not understand?
Keep pi**ing people off trying to be cute, and his support will keep growing.
“These disgusting manipulations by the RNC/elitists/media lapdogs against Trump bring back my seething anger from last election cycle.”
Are you also referring to the elections in Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, and upstate New York (Gloria Tenney), and how the GOPe shamelessly threw a wrench in the works?
If not I just wanted to add those egregious examples to your list.
Isn't it?
To use a NASCAR analogy, they are drafting each other. Trump is taking all the heat now and he may be a stalking horse for Cruz if he stumbles. I don’t see him stumbling.
The herd will somewhat follow ANY poll they’ve seen or read before they’re polled. If the internet polls show Trump dropped 50% the next “real” poll will show a drop.
I don’t understand why the left wing voters and left wing media frauds want to destroy Trump if he’ll help Hillary. Maybe they just want him to run third party. But that’s going to be a fine balancing act. They’ll have to run him out of the republican party without running him out of the race. It wouldn’t be anything new. They’ve been picking republican candidates for years.
If Ron Paul had been in the one last Thursday night he ain’t winning it. JHow good did his son to in these polls that show Trump winning going away?
When folks cite a Drudge poll, like Alex Swoyer, they don’t look very smart.
Absolutely they will hold back polling results that look good for Trump! But Trump has a lot of money and media allies that will counter their deception.
What they will resort to is a well-known trick to statisticians, and that would be ‘subgroup analysis’. Ethical statisticians know that any unscrupulous person who knows how to perform spreadsheet analysis can draw all manner of nonsense results from subgroup analysis.
Of course you can't read the Constitution
You're sitting on it
You lazy fat old good for nothing! Move it!
trump/cruz = ny/texas= cruz 2020
Go Scott .....terror of the AFL/CIO
Also, I'm equally surprised that MSM has not released any post-debate polls. I strongly suspect that if Trump did take a nosedive, they would be plastered everywhere by now.
| Name | Twitter Handle | 8/1/2015 | 8/8/2015 | Gain/Loss |
| Donald Trump | @realDonaldTrump | 3,409,127 | 3,587,966 | 178,839 |
| Marco Rubio | @marcorubio | 772,150 | 802,150 | 30,000 |
| Rand Paul | @RandPaul | 654,236 | 663,415 | 9,279 |
| Ted Cruz | @tedcruz | 443,426 | 461,329 | 17,903 |
| Ben Carson | @RealBenCarson | 393,107 | 459,438 | 66,331 |
| Carly Fiorina | @CarlyFiorina | 384,524 | 431,855 | 47,331 |
| Mike Huckabee | @GovMikeHuckabee | 378,172 | 387,172 | 9,456 |
| Rick Perry | @GovernorPerry | 305,523 | 310,472 | 4,949 |
| ¿Jeb Bush | @JebBush | 239,197 | 254,622 | 15,425 |
| Rick Santorum | @RickSantorum | 236,439 | 238,860 | 2,421 |
| Bobby Jindal | @BobbyJindal | 203,428 | 207,292 | 3,864 |
| Scott Walker | @ScottWalker | 167,564 | 183,525 | 15,961 |
| John Kasich | @JohnKasich | 80,497 | 93,327 | 12,831 |
| George Pataki | @GovernorPataki | 45,350 | 45,606 | 256 |
| Chris Christie | @ChrisChristie | 40,234 | 41,059 | 825 |
| Linda Graham | @LindseyGrahamSC | 23,043 | 23,921 | 878 |
| Jim Gilmore | @gov_gilmore | 356 | 795 | 439 |
I think that Cruz is still viable, but for the time being, I’m answering any pollster in favor of Trump.
I despise the media and their uniparty cronies. I want Trump to make them sweat.
And if Cruz gets no traction, I suspect he’s the odds on favorite as the Trump VP candidate.
Thanks for this Twitter poll. (I don’t twit myself.)
I heard that yesterday more than once.
Trump is at at 3.62 million Twitter followers right now.
Awww, too bad....Maybe next time.
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