Posted on 07/14/2015 1:10:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump is taking hits from Democrats and top Republicans officials for his comments—but the controversy hasn't knocked him from the top of national field among Republican primary voters, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Trump comes in as the first choice of 17 percent of likely GOP primary voters in the latest national poll, conducted by USA Today and Suffolk University. His closest competitor is Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 14 percent. After Bush, it's Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (8 percent), Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas (6 percent), Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida (5 percent), neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (4 percent each), and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (3 percent).
The rest of the candidates, who received less than 2 percent support, include Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and former New York Gov. George Pataki.
The poll also looks at a scenario that national Democrats contemplate with glee: a Trump-Clinton general election, with Hillary Clinton coming out far ahead. In a theoretical matchup, the GOP business tycoon trails Clinton by 17 points, 51 percent to 34 percent.
The poll surveyed 1,000 adults, including 349 likely Republican primary voters, from July 9-12. The general-election numbers have a margin of error or +/- 3 percentage points; the GOP primary numbers have a margin of error of +/- 5.25 percentage points.
Yeah tank guy. I get those 2 mixed up sometimes about what years they ran LoL.
Totally meaningless at this point as many Americans have not even heard much of Trump's message. Carter had a large lead over Reagan until the campaign and candidate comparisons really kicked off.
Will Trump continue to help finance the Clintons while running against them?
One look at some of these polls and their individual results. One comes away with the feeling it’s no wonder why GOPES get so dismissive of conservative issues because those results it seems are being based solely on name recognition. 349 voters is a national sampling ?
Clinton vs. Trump? More likely Sanders vs. Trump. Personally, everyone else should drop out and spend more time with their families. Santorum first.
Linda! lol. I had to think for a minute. Of course you meant
our favorite Southern Man Lindsay Graham.
As Rush said recently, “I don’t pay any attention to polls this early.”
I like Trump, But Sen. Cruz is still my first choice.
And, to quote Ted Cruz, “This is a marathon, not a sprint.”
I prefer Cruz and Walker in that order...but I would be very glad to see Trump beat Bush, Christie, Pataki, Graham, Huckabee or Paul.
Will the frantic anti-Trump brigades continue to repeat irrelevant nonsense that will have no influence on voters in 2015 and 2016 who are concerned about illegal immigration, giveaway trade deals and the frittering away of US sovereignty?
Reagan is dead—we need a new man who can and will lead—so far Trump is—in his own way—doing that. He is only doing so well because so much of the GOP sucks eggs. The only one I would even think about is Ted Cruz—the smartest man in the room. Trump isn’t Reagan—True. But he’s no Bush III. More like Sarah Palin in her prime. Walker, maybe. The rest can pound sand.
Wiki - Dukakis himself blames his defeat on the time he spent doing gubernatorial work in Massachusetts during the few weeks following the Democratic Convention. Many believed he should have been campaigning across the country. During this time, his 17-point lead in opinion polls completely disappeared, as his lack of visibility allowed Bush to define the issues of the campaign.
“Trump is no Reagan.”
We don’t need a shovel to elect Trump.
Cankles will demolish Trump in a debate (should she deign to debate an opponent). /sarc
Trump (I think because he has intimate knowledge of the MSM via his extensive tv work with NBC) seems uniquely able to get his message out to the LIV public.
I disagree with many of his positions, but I’m in his cheering section right now.
Chris Christie had such potential. I would have voted for him ‘back then’ (pre-Obama Bromance). I think he simply has missed his time. Christie’s time would have been to run in 2012. This time there are so damn many logs on the campfire (17 candidates and still counting) that it’s hard to get your face and name out there.
Christie is younger than I am, he is only 52.
I think you will see him try it again in 2020.
His second try may go better if he comes clean and apologizes to the republican party for “any possible missteps” that may have cost us the 2012 race.
They show all the candidates trailing Hillary. It’s BS.
Your analogy is correct.
I prefer Sen. Cruz—but I could vote for Trump, if that were my only choice. Maybe even a Cruz/Trump ticket wouldn’t be all that bad………….
I don’t know if Trump planned this for his announcement speech, but the exact issue that caught fire is the issue that will drive a LOT MORE VOTERS to his side of the growing gap between Jeb and him. Heh.
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