Apparently it’s paying off.
**DRUDGE POLL** WHO IS YOUR REPUBLICAN PICK FOR PRESIDENT?
TRUMP 60.33% (189,673 votes)
CRUZ 18.76% (58,986 votes)
RUBIO 7.56% (23,780 votes)
The total number of votes now is roughly equal to the entire membership of FR (350,000) there abouts.
Think about that. Even now there are over 60% saying Trump is the choice. In looking at our own ‘caucus’ (and Onyx does a GREAT job at it) we have two factions -Cruz and Trump- where the votes are near each other (Trump ahead).
But the total is between 300-400 each day since its inception. Trump’s standing at Drudge (an online poll) is about 65% with about 277,000 votes - almost near the entire FR membership.
So what I’m thinking is that our two ‘groups’ of supporters are very avid, loyal supporters of one or the other. Sometimes too avid and a lot of the time caustic and jibs and jabs fly with abandon. Meanwhile, there is a bunch of people out there that don’t even know who we are, just looking at the candidates and voting in an online poll when the mood strikes them.
We’ll all see come Iowa’s and NH’s votes, and on Super Tuesday and it will be largely decided by the Republican voters. The good news is that Jeb Bush won’t get even a dog squeeze chance at an honest nomination, IMO.
So, whoever comes out the winner, Ted or Donald, I’m gonna vote for him and I hope both sides will here, too.