From the article:
"endorsements are typically a predictor of candidate delegate totals. More than that, the authors claim endorsements have real impact on candidates winning the nomination."
It is truly unprecedented for a candidate to be as successful as Trump without a single endorsement from a Washington D.C. office older. Add to that the fact that the entire media is trying to destroy Trump. He is called a racist, a bigot, a xenophobe, a women hater, a liar and a reality TV character. Trump is called rude, loudmouthed, vulgar, bombastic and every other insult you can think of.
The National Review has attacked him. Fox News has attacked. Jeb Bush bought billboards calling Trump unhinged. Every MSM TV show and publication has attacked him.
No one of prominence or power in the media or politics has endorsed him but still Trump is winning by a landslide.
it’s not an oddity - obama made this a certainty
With congress approval rating, I can see why political endorsements could be poison.
In this election, the lack of political endorsements will be seen as a higher level endorsement.
Hmm...I might suggest a beneficial alteration:
No one of prominence or power in the media or politics has endorsed him AND still Trump is winning by a landslide.
Cause and effect? Bernie's a little short on establishment support as well. This election is shaking things up that have long needed it.
See how Trump completely owns the media and sets the narrative?
Even the left is adept at pearl clutching.
When just 14% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, who in hell would want the endorsement of a Congressman???
Much smarter to say “Absolutely NO congressional endorsements!”
Trump is ... in a word ... a populist ... and if that's correct, the nation is populist and no longer the traditional nomenclatures ... R, D, I, S, C ...etc.
(Funny how not being liked by Congress is a positive for Trump and a negative for Cruz, though.)
“Add to that the fact that the entire media is trying to destroy Trump. He is called a racist, a bigot, a xenophobe, a women hater, a liar and a reality TV character. Trump is called rude, loudmouthed, vulgar, bombastic and every other insult you can think of. “
Sounds like about half of our freeper neighbors.
This is precisely why he is winning. He is running against all of DC and the elite establishment.
They are all closet supporters in congress... like citizens in a communist country who pray for the collapse of their government but dare not speak out against it.
Here, they are simply too cowardly to suffer the political heat they would receive from a public endorsement.
I believe HE"S ALREADY DOING IT.