Yebbie in decline, Trump ascendant.
I see one particular name missing from their poll and that’s okay by me if he continues flying under the radar for a lonnnnnng time...until the primaries.
Donald Trump has won his party's trust on top issues more than any other Republican presidential candidate, and now stands as the clear leader in the race for the GOP nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.The survey finds Trump with the support of 24% of Republican registered voters. His nearest competitor, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, stands 11 points behind at 13%. Just behind Bush, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has 9%, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker 8%, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul 6%, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former tech CEO Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich all land at 5%, with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee rounding out the top 10 at 4%.
The biggie is with both all GOP and registered voters, “Which candidate can best handle the economy?”
Trump is at 45% for both—and no other candidate breaks double figures for either.
That is huge.
Trump has the highest favorables but also the highest unfavorables. I’m not conversant enough on polling science to know how to interpret that.
CNN’s polling is useless. Yes, I’m sure all the Trump fans will be happy he’s #1... but every other poll shows that. They’re still skewed heavily for Jeb Bush. About the only interesting news bit is that Trump and Bush are absolutely unelectable (although Trump may have a much better chance to re-create his image as he persists in the campaign, and CNN is horribly skewed towards liberals).
Walker as a boogie-man to the left still has negatives at only 31%; that’s not bad. I’m very surprised to see GOP-e Kasich so low in negatives, but that could be the CNN skew towards the GOP-e. It’s very telling that they don’t poll Cruz at all... and laughable that they have him down at 4%.
A lot to go through, one stat that stuck out is for “never heard of him”, Trump only got 1%, so everyone practically has heard of him. You would have had to live under a rock not to.
(benn looking for this!)
favorable opinion of Trump:
dem 16%
moderate 32%
liberal 20%
conservative 56%
A good mix, a VERY good mix.