“Electability” did nothing for Dole, McCain or Romney.
I definitely agree with that...
I don’t see how Trump is less electable than any of the other GOP candidates.
Trump can pull the GOP base, and a fair portion of blacks, hispanics, unions and Reagan democrats.
Cruz can pull the GOP base, but I don’t see him pulling any of the democrats.
Mario might get more democrats than Cruz, but he’d lose a fair portion of the GOP base.
And Jeb has almost completely lost the GOP base.
And the polls were just spot-on in the recent KY gubernatorial election, calling for TEA Party candidate Matt Bevin to lose.
Except he won.
“Electability”
Is the easiest part of a poll to manipulate. We actually put it in practice in high school fifty years ago. If there is a candidate that you do not think you can beat a coalition of the other candidates is formed to check the box creating unelectable. You vote for your candidate and against the person at the top Since DT is at the top of all, the R candidates will naturally coalesce with D to make him look bad
Doesn’t mean a thing — except DT is winning and they all know it!