If you look at Trump’s positions on certain issues, he has been on both sides.
Even on his signature issue of illegal immigration, he had said that Mitt Romney’s “self deportation” stance was “mean-spirited”.
As far as the polls...
A lot of Trump supporters will come here and say look at this poll or that poll...
Trump is “pre-president elect” is how one poster put it.
All the polls can’t be wrong. There may be some out-liers, but all are not wrong.
Now to look at the general election this far out may be problematic.
But 4 years ago, the RCP average had Obama up 0.7%
Of course he won by almost 4.
In the RCP average trump does worse than some of the other candidates against Hillary.
In that poll, Trump performs worse than at least...Carson, Cruz, and Rubio.