Media Thumps Trump, But Polls Show He's Winning Big

thehill.com ^ | SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

[Helicondelta]

Rumors of Donald Trump’s demise may have been greatly exaggerated.

Ever since rival Carly Fiorina was widely perceived to have bested Trump at the second GOP debate in California on Sept. 16, media outlets have been lining up to suggest that the front-runner is waning.

Trump has hit back with characteristic vigor. But he has a point, independent observers say.

“The reality is that he does have a hold on some people and he doesn’t appear to be surrendering it,” said Mark Mellman, a veteran Democratic pollster who is also a columnist for The Hill.

Much of the negative media attention has been built around a single poll in the immediate aftermath of the debate, by CNN/ORC.

The survey showed the businessman’s support among Republican voters nationwide had declined by 8 percentage points since the last survey from the same source, less than two weeks before.

That was a sizable decline, to be sure — even though Trump still led his closest rival by 9 percentage points. But no other reputable poll since the debate has shown Trump falling by anything like that margin.

A survey from Fox News released earlier this week showed the businessman at 26 percent support nationally, an increase of 1 point since Fox’s last survey in mid-August. A Bloomberg poll gave him 21 percent — good enough for a 5-point lead over the field and an unchanged rating since the last poll from the financial news outlet at the beginning of August.

The picture is not substantially different in the crucial early states — and, in some cases, it is even better for Trump.

The Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) released a new survey from Iowa this week in which Trump polled at 24 percent — a 5-point rise

[VerySadAmerican]

According to the media he has insulted every “group” in the world. The problem is no one has ever asked those “groups” if they feel insulted. POWs comes to mind. According to the media Trump insulted ALL OF THEM and ALL VETS.

[hinckley buzzard]

I'd love to boycott Fox but frankly, I left years ago.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting another prime example of why only 7% of Americans really trust the mediots/media

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3342618/posts

All-Time Low: Only 7% Say They Have Great Deal of Trust in American Media
Cybercast News Service ^ | September 29, 2015 | 11:34 AM EDT | Terence P. Jeffrey
Posted on 9/29/2015, 1:19:06 PM by Olog-hai

A Gallup poll released yesterday shows that an all-time low of 7 percent of Americans say that they have a great deal of trust and confidence in the media.

At the other end of the spectrum, a record high of 24 percent said their trust and confidence in the media is “none.”

The combined 60 percent who say they have either no trust in the media (24 percent) or not very much trust (36 percent) also matched an all-time high. […]

Democrats were far more likely than Republicans or Independents to have trust and confidence in the media, according to Gallup.

In the new poll, 55 percent of Democrats said they had a great deal or fair amount of trust and confidence in the media. By contrast, only 33 percent of Independents and only 32 percent of Republicans said they had a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the media. …