Posted on 01/22/2016 12:19:50 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Jeanne Cleveland, a retired teacher, pursed her lips sourly at the mention of his name and tried to summarize her distaste in diplomatic terms.
"I think he's arrogant," she said. "I think he's rude. I think----"
She paused, reaching for the right words. "Let's just say, I don't like the way he represents us as a country."
To avoid any confusion, Mrs. Cleveland put it plainly: "I don't like Trump."
In this, the 70-year-old from Hollis, N.H., has ample, baffled and agonized company in New Hampshire as the presidential primary enters its final, frenzied weeks, with Donald J. Trump remaining atop poll after poll of the state's Republican electorate.
Or is he? So deep is the dislike for him in some quarters that people like Mrs. Cleveland's husband, Doug, question the accuracy of polls that so consistently identify Mr. Trump as leading the field with around 32 percent. "I've never met a single one of them," Mr. Cleveland said about those said to be backing Mr. Trump. "Where are all these Trump supporters? Everyone we know is supporting somebody else."
These are the lamentations of the 68 Percent -- the significant majority of Republican voters here who are immune to Mr. Trump's charms and entreaties, according to a battery of voter interviews on Thursday at campaign events for his rivals.
For months, great quantities of ink, political-science brain power and polling resources have been expended trying to dissect, if not exactly diagnose, the Trump phenomenon -- precisely who supports him and why. Far less energy has been devoted to sounding out a much larger segment of the electorate: those who reject him.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The NY Times showing their concern.
New Hampshire votes RAT. So who cares?
Got to give them credit....they keep trying.
Oooooooo! A hardcore leftist state does not favor Donald Trump! Maybe he should just drop out then and leave the race to Jeb or Rubio. I’m sure those assclowns are more appealing to New Chumpshire voters than Trump.
he can be rude, yes
and that probably turns off as many voters as it attracts, maybe more ?
i think its time he toned down the insults a bit, imho
A G.O.P. Majority in New Hampshire Pipes Up: We’re Not for Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3387172/posts
Did she happen to have similar words for the usurper?
Bush is in single digits in NH, so according to their logic, over 90 percent don’t support him. But, I’m guessing that isn’t the narrative they’re pushing.
Jeanne Cleveland, a retired teacher, pursed her lips sourly at the mention of his name and tried to summarize her distaste in diplomatic terms.
“I think he’s arrogant,” she said. “I think he’s rude. I think——”
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Ah. She is one of those. We all know one.
I don’t really believe the article, but we’d better care about NH. Unless the GOP gets all three swing stats (VA, FL, OH), PLUS at least one state that has gone dem since 2004 or earlier, we lose.
Kind of like when Reagan got elected....nobody then could figure it out then either
So will the NY Slimes be publishing an article tomorrow about the 67% of voters that do not want Hillary?
Aside from the obvious stated in the article I find this the most telling and 100% accurate.
“Some voters interviewed said they wondered what, exactly, a President Trump would do to “make America great again.†Few could pinpoint much of an agenda, besides The Wall, in Mr. Trump’s abundant pronouncements.
“I don’t know and I’m not sure he does, to tell you the truth,†said Mr. Bradley, the retired lawyer.”
“everyone I know voted for McGovern.”
Where does the support for the 68% figure in this article come from? It is asserted but completely unexplained and without reference or foundation.
Ted Cruz 2016!
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