Posted on 12/31/2015 6:59:03 AM PST by GonzoII
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Washington, DC - Barack Obama's approval is at 41%.
Republican Primary
Donald Trump continues to lead among Republicans at 39% nationwide among all self-identified Republicans.
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40%? But Karl Rove, Mike Murphy, George Will and Bill Kristol tell us Trump would never pass 25%!
No doubt about it, its time for Trump to quit. He’s in serious trouble, no money, no popularity, no policies,...ooops, that sounds more like El Senor Buuush!
Just think: Only 384 days 14 hours and 53 second till the Hussein nightmare is over. Of course if Hillary wins though it will be the start of a new one, probably much worse.
Why report on Obama when reporting on primaries?
National polls should not be dismissed, but we’re at the time of the campaign when the state-by-state polls matter at least as much.
If Trump loses in Iowa (which seems fairly likely), and especially if he loses in New Hampshire (a longshot, but not out of the question), that shakes things up.
The approval rating of the current President is an indication of the overall temperament of the Voters. If a current President is under 50% it usually indicates trouble for the hist party’s election changes.
“Barack Obama’s approval is at 41%.”
This is VERY, VERY troubling and emphasizes the massive socialist indoctrination of society via culture and the “Educational Industrial Complex”.
Makes sense, thanks.
As has been pointed out, Santorum narrowly won Iowa in 2012, but it didn't help him. Huckabee, Romney, and Fred Thompson were 1-2-3 in Iowa in 2008, but it didn't help them.
Regardless of who wins Iowa a month from now and by how much, FR is going to be somewhat of an unpleasant place to be.
41% seems to track with the vote Hillary would get in November.
Its going to be very difficult for her to win that third Obama term with the incumbent’s personal approval ratings underwater.
And usually after 8 years in power, party fatigue sets in. Hillary needs a lucky break to win in view of that scenario.
If he wins both it is over.
Pray America wakes
Not necessarily. But it would certainly make him hard to beat.
Very small sample size on the Independents, which I gather are Independents that lean Republican, but if this is true and in the ballpark, it shows that Cruz has a very narrow base of support and will struggle big time in either the general, or the larger states that have more moderate Republican voters. I just don’t see Ted’s appeal to a broad electorate.
Cruz’s base support comes from the right side of the political specturm regardless
of political affiliation. His appeal across the spectrum is not his strong suit by far. JMO.
The more that it’s touted that Trump will lose Iowa, the less the impact if he does, and the more the momentum if he wins. If he’s even close in Iowa and wins NH, it’s all over but the shouting. Also, has anyone seen a recent IA poll? Last I saw was a week or better old.
It might surprise some here to know that Santorum got less than 30,000 statewide votes at the Iowa Caucus. Now think about how many people have been showing up at Trump rallies in Iowa. Generally between 7,000 and 15,000 people. Almost always thousands have to wait outside because there's no room inside.
Yet some would have us to believe that Trump will lose Iowa to Cruz because he locked up the evangelical vote and all those folks going to the Trump rallies won't bother to caucus because it will be too much trouble for them.
I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that logic. Tens of thousands of people will drive and wait for hours just to hear Trump speak, even if they have to stand outside. Yet they are going to be too lazy to show up at a local precinct hall on caucus night and spend an hour or so "caucusing" or whatever it is those crazy Iowans do on caucus night. I can't figure it out. But those that say they know better than us say that all the Trump people are going to stay home and catch up on "Walking Dead" episodes on Netflix or some such thing but all those evangelicals are going to turn out in droves and deliver a resounding victory to Ted Cruz over Trump. I feel that these folks are setting themselves up for a fall.
Its beginning to look a lot like Trump. :-)
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