[goodwithagun]

That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.

[needmorePaine]

Trump is ahead of Rubio and Cruz among Republican primary voters

Trump is behind Hillary among general election voters.

[ladyjane]

They’re all lying.

I just got an email back from the RNC. It said, in part:

“The RNC is 100% completely neutral in the GOP Presidential primary.”

They must think we have IQs of 85 or lower.

[Donglalinger]

If your anti-Trump, that’s all you got except for the race card.

[chajin]

The former is in the primaries and covers Republicans; the latter is in the general election and includes Democrats and all others who would be voting.

[Cicero]

Just about everyone is lying. If Trump wins, they’ll lose their pork.

[Dallas59]

[Billthedrill]

Does it count as lying if the speaker actually believes two incompatible pieces of nonsense?

[VitacoreVision]

It’s just Fear Propaganda.

Trump is more popular than Rubio and Cruz.

[so_real]

In my years of experience I've come to conclude, as a general rule, that a liberal with an "R" behind his name does not often defeat a liberal with a "D" behind his name in an election. That is to say, you can't "out-liberal" the democrats. I believe the underlying message is that Trump is liberal enough to appeal to democrats, but in the general election they will likely abandon him in favor of their party's candidate.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Why can’t both polls be correct?

Trump is leading the field of the Republican candidates, among Republican voters.

He is losing against a matchup with Clinton, among all voters.

There is nothing odd about that.

Both Clinton and Trump have very high negatives. Right now it appears that amongst all voters, Trump’s negatives hurt him more than Clinton’s negatives hurt her.

[chris37]

Those who want you to believe something other than the truth are generally the ones who are lying.

[dinoparty]

Not that hard to understand. Trump has a very devoted following, but what you see (in the primaries) is what you get. He is a known commodity. Everyone who will vote for him in the primary will vote for him in the general, but there will be very few NEW Trump voters in the general.

[JJ_Folderol]

It’s the difference between “I wouldn’t vote for Trump” and “Trump’s an obnoxious pig but better than Hillary” with the numbers of Cruz and Rubio voters on the sidelines.

[rockinqsranch]

somebody’s lyin’.

[garyb]

There is always another axim to remember:

Figures never lie by liars always figure.

[varyouga]

Not quite.

The winner of a primary within a party does NOT necessarily mean they would be the most likely to win in a contest between different parties

There have been head-to-head polls already done of Hillary vs Trump, etc, etc, etc. Those would be better indicators of who will win overall

[ManHunter]

As I read it, head-to-head polls within the GOP measure only Republicans (different formulae applied WRT registered and likely voters by different pollsters), whereas head-to-head national polls are based upon different formulae of not only registered and likely voters, but also percentage of Democrats vs. Republicans. I think the one ingredient that’s missing in the national polls is a consideration for the number of Democrats who might “defect” to vote for Trump. Witness the recent reports on the number of Democrats in Massachusetts (last count 18,000 plus) who have switched to the GOP to presumably vote for Trump in the primary.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I think it is a false flag planted by the GOPe and Rats. All of the polling has indicated that Rat turnout in the primaries is way down while GOP turnout is way up. If that trend continues to the general election, Trump will win in a blowout.

[KittenClaws]

Trump is being supported by cross-over democrats during the primary. In the general, those voters will cross-back over to Hillary.

Trump loses the cross over votes, a YUGE part of the conservative base, and the election.