Posted on 04/14/2016 9:16:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Strong headwinds of unpopularity continue to hobble leading Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz with the public at-large, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
By contrast, most Republicans see Trump and Cruz in a favorable light - 56 and 58 percent, respectively - while John Kasich is less popular among fellow partisans (47 percent) despite receiving the best ratings among the broader electorate.
The poll finds Trump suffering little damage from recent controversies over punishments for women who have abortions and the arrest of his campaign manager, though the real-estate mogul’s ratings are still in the doldrums.
Thirty-one percent of Americans have a favorable view of Trump while 67 percent are unfavorable -- nearly identical to an early March Post-ABC poll which found he would be the most disliked major-party nominee since at least 1984. Over half the public (53 percent) continues to see Trump in a “strongly unfavorable” light, ticking down from 56 percent last month.
Cruz fares better with 36 percent favorable and 53 percent unfavorable among the public at-large; his strongly unfavorable mark is 20 percentage-points below Trump’s level (33 percent for Cruz vs. 53 percent for Trump).
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Well, if more people “like” Killary, the country is over anyways.
It’s silly to assume Killary is more liked than Trump on any level.
And Shrillary’s unfavorable are ... ?
Nice to know you have so many Communists in your family. Says a lot about you!
Never said I was voting for Bernie nor support him in anyways. Just pointing out the reality to the inside the bubble Trumpers that rally attendance doesn’t necessarily translate into votes
This is a good thing, right? Or should he pay more taxes, just because.
And, people wonder where the snowflakes came from. So many wimps in this country that can’t stand someone standing up to attacks in any manner. I sometimes wonder under what kind of sissified world they live in.
So a couple of your relatives defines reality but someone else’s bar buddies don’t. Got it.
You think there’s unfavorability now? Wait til Trump has a one on one debate with Hillary or Bernie. All three of them won’t be able to promise enough stuff to their followers.
It's transparent for all to see, and it stems from a fanatical and blind devotion to Ted Cruz. It requires willful disregard of Cruz's unprincipled and amoral opportunism.
We've all seen Ted Cruz play the race card (against someone he knew was not racist— the sleaziest trick in the book), try to exploit the Michelle Fields hoax, try to blame Trump for the Chicago Leftist thug violence, and even try to deflect blame onto Donald Trump for the National Enquirer story, without a shred of evidence.
Ted Cruz has adopted the GOPe character assassination strategy & tactics 100%, and is now their biggest dupe.
Any objective observer can see that Ted Cruz is not the man he portrayed himself as at the outset of his campaign.
Long ago, the GOPe and the Cruz campaign ceded the moral high ground to Donald Trump.
Donald Trump may be blunt, crass, sometimes vulgar, and politically incorrect, but his behavior, and that of his supporters, pales in comparison to the demonization being fomented by the GOPe/Ted Cruz fanboy crowd...
You cited your family as I noted.
Your relatives obviously have certain antiAmerican leanings. Where do YOU stand?
So a couple of your relatives defines reality but someone else’s bar buddies don’t. Got it.
Except the experience of my relatives seem to be backed by every poll. Every poll taken regarding the general public’s view on Trump shows the same thing. Every one. That’s why it’s mildly humorous watching those inside the Bubble dismiss every poll as MSM propaganda
Your bar buddie’s who all love Trump views are not backed by any poll. Not one. Got it?
Your relatives obviously have certain antiAmerican leanings. Where do YOU stand?
Um, one of them is my father in law who fought in Viet Nam. The same war Trump got deferments for...lol
I gave four years of my life to the US Military.
Another Trumper shot down.
I got it all right. No problem. Bubble, heh heh.
But Bernie’s so likable because (and Killary for that matter) of the free-crap brigades. Free-crap trumps even Trump, apparently.
The fact that Killary is anywhere near being elected to President says something about the electorate of this country and it’s not good.
Don't forget the influential power the drive-by media still has; *many* Americans still tune in to them and believe their lies.
If Trump is the nominee, it'll be dirt throwing like we've never seen before.
But don't get me wrong, this Cruz supporter will be voting against the dems commie candidate, like I've been doing since '96 or so.
I'd sure like to vote FOR a candidate for a change.
Never even touched me. My son gave more than Twenty years to the Marines. He’s voting Trump! I have MANY Military friends, some from WW II and Korea. ALL are voting Trump. Don’t know a single one who isn’t although i am sure there are a few scattered around.
The fact that Killary is anywhere near being elected to President says something about the electorate of this country and it’s not good.
In a saner time, she would have been charged and finger printed a year ago
Trump has received, to date, approximately 37 percent of the votes cast in GOP primary/caucuses/Colorado.
63% of those who have voted have decided to vote for someone other than Trump.
Why is that number, as you so eloquently put it, bullhockey?
I’ve worked with guys like him before. The ego, the need to have their success noted, etc... It just gets old.
But again, I think he’s what we need right now.
Never even touched me. My son gave more than Twenty years to the Marines. He’s voting Trump! I have MANY Military friends, some from WW II and Korea. ALL are voting Trump. Don’t know a single one who isn’t although i am sure there are a few scattered around.
You made the charge that anyone who doesn’t bow to the Trump for whatever reason and decides they don’t like he or Hillary and votes for other candidates holds anti American views not I
Anyone NOT voting for Trump in the present situation does NOT put AMERICA FIRST. That is FACT!
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