Posted on 08/09/2015 11:10:51 AM PDT by Red Steel
The survey, conducted Friday and Saturday, finds Donald Trump holding his lead with 23 percent support among Republican primary voters. This is consistent with a Gravis Marketing poll taken after the debate, where 19 percent of Republicans said Trump won the debate.
The Gravis poll found that more Republicans, 22 percent, felt Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and political rookie, won the debate. In the NBC poll, Carson surged into third place in the nomination contest, earning 11 percent support.
Texas Senator Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was the second choice in the NBC Poll, receiving support from 13 percent of Republican voters. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina was fourth, with 11 percent, following her widely recognized domination of the undercard debate earlier Thursday evening.
The exact breakdown and percentage of the first seven spots in the NBC poll are: Trump (23), Cruz (13), Carson (11), Fiorina (8), Rubio (8), Bush (7) and Walker (7).
In other words, the highest poll ranking of a candidate acceptable to the Republicans in D.C. is Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), in fifth place with just 8 percent. This is stunning considering the obvious attacks on Trump by Fox moderators, ...
In the post-debate analysis, Fox News roundly criticized Trump and heaped praise on Rubio and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a former Fox News anchor.
Obviously the NBC News poll is the first of many post-debate polls and the nomination contest is still in its very early days. Trump created a silly controversy for himself with an attack on Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly over the weekend, which isnt factored into this polls results.
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On Saturday, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who is inexplicably also running for President, said Donald Trump was inflicting permanent damage on the GOP. He wants him booted
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
It’s CRUZ as President.. -OR- LEARN SPANISH...
No second choices, other alternatives, squish moves, better than’s..
CRUZ........ -OR- ......... learn Spanish...
Trump you say?........... well he’s republican THIS WEEK..
Conservative... kinda sorta... this month....
Presidential.. in a Fascist kind of way... true.. this year..
I don’t trust Trump any farther than I can piss on Teddy Kennedy’s GRAVE..
Or Chinese...or Farsi.
No...She is eating this up. She’s one of a kind. If she’s smart, she’ll find some way to make it up to Trump...IMHO
“the highest poll ranking of a candidate acceptable to the Republicans in D.C. is Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), in fifth place with just 8 percent. This is stunning considering the obvious attacks on Trump by Fox moderators, ...”
Not quite correct. Fiorina would be perfectly OK for the R’s in D.C. And she was ranked 4th. That doesn’t refute the main point of the article.
Between them, the top three are anti-establishment and took 50% of the R vote in the poll.
I did, you can see my posts. I’ve come full circle.
I don’t think there was any conspiracy. I think Fox trio, worked hard to challenge the candidates.
Right out of the gate is was great TV. After the opening salvo, you didn’t want to turn your tv off.
I hope Trump rises to the occasion and doesn’t op out on any future debates.
I mean if you can’t handle Megyn Kelly, how are you going to handle Putin.
Our commander in chief can’t handle any reporters... so it’s obvious why he can’t handle Putin or the Iranians...
He’s a panty waste.
I want Trump to take the best shots they give him.
He has to.
The top four now, are all outsiders....COOL!!!!
Trump/Cruz, Carson or Carli.... Wow!!!
At this point I think Trump can run with RAul Maulo and win
“Well we know that Frank Luntz stacked his group to get his predetermined outcome.”
Serious question—not trolling. Do you have a source for this?
No...She is eating this up. Shes one of a kind. If shes smart, shell find some way to make it up to Trump...IMHO
Shes SMARTER than a Valley Girl transfixed on watching a Rube Goldberg animated music flick..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-a85ZbuTxM
thinking IT’S REAL...
I think for the first debate... It’s all the above.
You can’t wait for the next one.
We’re all being played like big bass fiddles here....esp Trump.
He has to be chuckling...
He fired his manager, because the guy doesn’t GET IT!!!!
Early online polls will affect the “scientific” polls to follow. It’s the herd mentality of the American voter.
I think not. I heard her say that Roger Ailes calls the shots. Heard it with my own ears.
Elite is how they think of themselves. They’re so much smarter than their base. And, you’re right. They are the establishment of the gop. But I think both words work.
I think she and the rest of them are their own people. I look for Hannity tomorrow to show his irritation.
Greta, O’Reilly. Any one of them could leave tomorrow.
No, I’ve come full circle.
I see Trump surging. He and the rest took some pretty good hits, and thrived.
They tried to take him down...by challenging him...
Now it’s fair to ask him in the present what he stands for.
Disagree IMHO.
I think all of our candidates are better than what the dems have...
But that’s not good enough.
Trump, Cruz....in my mind you can’t any better....
GOP elite or establishment
Megyn - "Mr. Bush, of all of your many constructive proposals to improve the economy, which should the American people view as the most urgent?'
Bush - "Well, Megyn, that's a difficult question. It's not easy to choose. I have so many of them. But, let me say that . . ."
Megyn - "Thank you, Mr. Bush. That was a difficult question, but it's our job to ask difficult questions. Mr. Trump, your high school friend Max has told us that many times you told your mother to go to hell when she asked you to help out around the house. Do you think that too much is being demanded of our young people these days?"
Your point is well taken. I guarantee you Trump is not going to answer any foolish questions again on stupid stuff.
He’s ready for some meat.
The rest of them, parse their words...but all in all I am proud of the candidates on our side.
They are all elevating the debate, but only Cruz seems to come to Trump’s defense, cause he knows what is going on.
Disagree IMHO.
I know... What hallucinogen do you take?..
The Bitch is Radio-Active... i.e. Kelly..
ohh that is funny I always assumed GopE meant GOP Elites.. guess same thing..
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