I wonder how deep or committed Ben’s actual support is. For all the debate polls such as Drudge and Time, Ben does very poorly. Understanding full well these are not scientific, nonetheless, nobody votes for Ben. By contrast, Trump supporters are out there in every online poll voting in large numbers. So at minimum, there is a core level of Trump supporters that will most likely vote for him in the primaries. Perhaps Carson’s supporters are older, less technology dependent or just don’t care about online polls, but his lack of support there is instructive as well. But just maybe, there really isn’t any support for Ben besides agreeing that he seems like a nice guy and a good way to answer a poll question.
GMTA. Sundance, at the Conservative Treehouse, wrote a fascinating article about this yesterday. Carson’s campaign manager was boasting about how dominant Carson was in social media after the debate. Sundance said just what you said—then why didn’t Carson show better in online poles?
Sundance thinks there’s some astroturfing going on. I wouldn’t be surprised.