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Donald Trump crushes John Kasich — among those with bad credit
MarketWatch ^ | 3-15-2016 | Brett Arends

Posted on 03/18/2016 5:26:46 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

Supporters of “Deadbeat Donald” Trump are far more likely to have bad credit scores than the supporters of his Republican rivals, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

More than 20% of the people nationwide supporting Trump have a bad credit rating, compared to just 10% for Kasich, a new survey reveals.

And while Trump supporters may look down their noses at the supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, when you look at their credit scores they’re not all that different. Trump supporters are nearly as likely to have bad ratings as Clintonistas and those “Feeling the Bern” — and are actually slightly less likely to have “good” ratings.

No, this isn’t your father’s Republican Party.

The remarkable insight into the current political maelstrom comes not from a political or partisan source, but from WalletHub, a company that provides online personal finance information. It conducted a survey of a representative audience of 765 people across the country between March 9 and March 13.

Credit scores only offer a quick snapshot of a group of people, naturally. But marketers have found that credit ratings in aggregate are surprisingly good predictors of attitudes and behaviors, which is why lenders and even employers look at them.

According to WalletHub, about two thirds of voters have “good” or “excellent” credit scores and about one third have “bad” or “fair.” But a few details stand out from the survey.

The first is that Kasich supporters are in a league of their own. They have by far the best credit ratings, on average. Some 86% have “excellent” or “good” scores. No other candidate’s supporters even breaks 70%. Kasich’s supporters are half as likely to have bad or fair ratings as anyone else.

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To: Citizen Zed

It would take a special kind of idiot to believe this hit piece. But, as I have often predicted, they will not be an angle possible that these people will search. It is like an abyss.


21 posted on 03/18/2016 5:35:41 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Citizen Zed
More than 20% of the people...

Market Watch failed to mention anything about the liberals
Market Watch has all the facts and they should have reported of all liberal voters in our country, 87% have low credit scores ie. 4.4. This 87% entails 140 million liberals and everyone of these lazy scumbags have been on food stamps over and over again and in addition most all of these scumbag liberals have declared bankruptcy.

22 posted on 03/18/2016 5:36:15 PM PDT by Mr Apple ( COULTER on Hillary defending child rapist Thomas Taylor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdkTqkLbL_4)
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To: Citizen Zed

How do they know the credit ratings of Trump supporters?


23 posted on 03/18/2016 5:36:25 PM PDT by tirednvirginia
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To: catnipman

Seems reasonable that Bernie’s supporters are the worst of the lot.After all,Bernie never got a paycheck until he was 40.


24 posted on 03/18/2016 5:38:12 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Citizen Zed

Trump also crushes Kasich with people who do not want to see their country being turned into a third world toilet.


25 posted on 03/18/2016 5:38:42 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: odawg
...they will not be an angle possible that these people will search.

That's why there are conservative folks like us who will always be here to point out the flawed logic of the delusional filthbag liberals.

26 posted on 03/18/2016 5:39:07 PM PDT by Mr Apple ( COULTER on Hillary defending child rapist Thomas Taylor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdkTqkLbL_4)
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They’re just pulling stuff out their butts now.

BTW, I have an excellent credit score. My white uneducated middle working class self is voting for Trump.

HA HA !


27 posted on 03/18/2016 5:41:35 PM PDT by Busta Rhymes
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To: Citizen Zed

Mine is 797 as of last week when we bought a car.
My husband has one just a few points lower.

We both support Trump.

This stuff is never ending.


28 posted on 03/18/2016 5:42:09 PM PDT by MarMema (2016 - Trump or Goldman Sachs)
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To: Citizen Zed
I have a somewhat low credit rating. It is because I never use credit. I have never had a credit card and have only taken out one loan in my life, which I paid back three years early. Why? Because I don't believe in going into debt. I've never bought a house, I'll admit, but I originally planned to do that with cash and I was well on my way to being able to do that when stuff happened. Stuff often does.

I find the credit rating system to be objectionable to the point of disgusting. You've got organizations tracking your every move and account, while at the same time legions of thieves are trying to hack your identity (this happened to me on a small scale - my low credit rating probably saved me from getting REALLY screwed with identity theft). It is demonic. It is a system designed to enslave you. Now everyone from potential employers to property managers run your credit check before they will do anything with you. I can't believe people are willing to have their lives owned like that.
29 posted on 03/18/2016 5:42:58 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: Citizen Zed
CRAZY CRUZ SUPPORTERS. THEY EVEN MAKE TED CRINGE...


30 posted on 03/18/2016 5:43:12 PM PDT by r_barton (I will not vote for any RINOcrat candidate - GO TRUMP!)
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To: tirednvirginia

They went to a rally and counted those wearing overalls vs those wearing suits. They then made the assumption that those wearing overalls were poor credit risks and the suit weren’t. Didn’t realize that those wearing overalls interrupted their work day on their 1000 acre farm to come to the rally. That must be the method because how else.


31 posted on 03/18/2016 5:47:46 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (TRUMP. YES! Bye Bye hiLIARy.)
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To: Citizen Zed

In the Obama economy that’s almost everybody.


32 posted on 03/18/2016 5:48:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Citizen Zed

Credit scores are BS. Mine is in the top 8% in my state overall. But it is pulled down because of my lack of credit used. In that I am in the bottom 20%.

Besides who cares about the voters score. I am more concerned with how crappy the candidate is with money. Are they going to spend like a five year old in the candy store. You know like odumby and the RINOs.


33 posted on 03/18/2016 5:48:33 PM PDT by jimpick
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To: w1andsodidwe

They’ll need their SS# first and do a soft check.


34 posted on 03/18/2016 5:50:16 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Utmost Certainty

Speaking of tubes, some people say “America is going down the drain.” Just wait until they find out Professor Trump is the plunger to speed the flow.


35 posted on 03/18/2016 5:51:31 PM PDT by chickenlips (Paul Ryano is the GOPee poster boy)
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To: w1andsodidwe

The remarkable insight into the current political maelstrom comes not from a political or partisan source, but from WalletHub, a company that provides online personal finance information. It conducted a survey of a representative audience of 765 people across the country between March 9 and March 13.


It implies this company has access to this personal financial info and leveraged the data for a survey. If this is so, it looks like a gross abuse of personal financial information by WalletHub.


36 posted on 03/18/2016 5:51:40 PM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: SkyDancer

How in the world would they have my social security number or even know I am a Trump supporter?


37 posted on 03/18/2016 5:52:07 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (TRUMP. YES! Bye Bye hiLIARy.)
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To: r_barton

Cruz measles?

:-)


38 posted on 03/18/2016 5:54:05 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: Citizen Zed

Anyone hear about Kasich getting a speeding ticket and was nasty to the cop? Was on radio news.


39 posted on 03/18/2016 5:55:28 PM PDT by georgiegirl
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

Always tell a man by his enemies and it seems Trump has all the right ones.


40 posted on 03/18/2016 5:58:10 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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