Posted on 08/30/2023 11:27:21 AM PDT by Signalman
The 38-year-old businessman was the buzz of the recent Republican debate in Milwaukee after taking center stage and finding himself in the hottest exchanges of the night.
But the buzz has not translated into a poll ratings surge for candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
In fact, several respected polls released since the debate have support for the upstart candidate declining.
The Emerson College poll out this week reported that Ramaswamy’s support among Republican voters actually dropped, from 10% before the debate to 9% afterward, a 1% decline.
Similarly, the Morning Consult tracking poll has the candidate at 11% before the debate, and falling to 10% after.
And a new Public Opinion Strategies survey obtained by Fox News yielded a bigger drop, with Ramaswamy’s support sliding from 10% before the debate to 7% afterward.
While polling data suggests Ramaswamy was liked by voters, he is not getting them to back him in significant numbers.
“He’s running as a pro-Trump candidate, so voters are asking if he’s so pro-Trump why doesn’t he just endorse the former president and drop out the race,” Dick Morris, a presidential strategist who advises President Trump, told Newsmax.
“And they also ask themselves why pick a 38-year-old amateur who often takes extremist views over Donald Trump, a seasoned pro who has been vetted and can govern from day one,” Morris added.
Ramaswamy’s debate performance, Morris noted, brings to mind the 2012 primary election when candidates like Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann became popular with voters but never got real votes.
In his recent debate the well-spoken Ramaswamy drew both cheers and jeers, but made an impact because he interjected himself as many times as he could, earning him the second-largest portion of speaking time, according to The New York Times.
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Perfect for the DEMs. Lock up Trump, and make sure no one else for the GOP gets any real traction with the voting public.
The “I don’t want the front runner” crowd will keep bouncing between candidates projecting what they want them to be, and finding out they aren’t what they thought. Happens every cycle.
Of course polls will turn against Vivek. He’s too dangerous to the status quo.
All depends on who ya poll, eh?
Perfect for the DEMs. Lock up Trump, and make sure no one else for the GOP gets any real traction with the voting public.
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It’ll take awhile to lock up Trump, the easy part is bogus indictments of non criminal behavior. The hard part is going to trial and trying to prove laws were broken, with people that get over 90% of their convictions from the plea bargain.
As far as minor league Republicans not getting traction as candidates, that’s “on them” blaming democrats is a cop out.
To me, he’s smarmy. Just my gut feeling. Like the first couple times I saw and heard Obama.
Trump was the winner in the polls after the debate.
People noticed him.
Looked into him.
Realized he doesn’t add up.
Smells like New World Order plant.
last i heard
vivek was trying to get himself arrested
Ramaswamy’s debating MO was a cinch.....to act like an overcaffeinated version of Sen. Ted Cruz.
Press and social media observations were not what one would consider flattering:
“astoundingly arrogant,” “irritating,” “glib,” “smarmy,” “obnoxious,” “a zero,” “preening.”
Annoying. Irritating. Glib. Got it.
It was the consensus that the guy behaved like a jackass.
It wasn’t just liberals dissing the smug know-it-all.
The other Republicans on the debate stage seemed genuinely miffed at his presence there.
Is he running for office or looking to land a talk show?
I trust him about as much as I trust ANY RINO AND/OR DEMOCRAT. Just the fact that he has shown that he isn’t very found of ISRAEL, GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE is enough for me.
The only polls that matter are the election results. Until the primary voters decide, waste of time.
1% is within the margin of error. Just more poll nonsense no matter who it is.
An apt comparison.
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