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Post-Republican Debate Poll: Vivek Ramaswamy Deemed ‘Real Winner’
Breitbart ^ | 24 Aug 2023 | HANNAH BLEAU

Posted on 08/27/2023 3:17:03 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

Anti-woke businessman Vivek Ramaswamy has been deemed the “real winner” of the first Republican primary debate, according to a J.L.Partners/DailyMail survey released Thursday.

The survey asked registered Republicans, “Who do you think was the REAL winner of the debate?”

Twenty-two percent chose Ramaswamy, followed by 21 percent who said former President Donald Trump, despite the fact that he was not present at the debate. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed both Ramaswamy and Trump with 20 percent deeming him the “REAL” winner of the debate. No other candidate came close, as eight percent said former Vice President Mike Pence, six percent said South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, five percent chose former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and three percent said former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum:

Who do you think was the real winner of the debate?

Ramaswamy 22%
Trump 21%
DeSantis 20%
Pence 8%
Scott 6%
Haley 5%
Burgum 3%
Christie 3%
Hutchinson 3%

.@JLPartnersPolls/@DailyMail, 501 RV pic.twitter.com/VPciSbp6nn

— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 24, 2023

The survey also asked respondents whom they believe had the “BEST debate performance.” Again, Ramaswamy took the lead, as 28 percent said he had the best debate performance, followed by DeSantis (27 percent), Pence (13 percent), Scott (eight percent), Haley (seven percent), Christie (four percent), Burgum (three percent), and Hutchinson (two percent). p>The survey was taken among 504 registered Republicans who watched the debate and has a +/- 4.4 percent margin of error.

Indeed, Ramaswamy had a few breakout moments, facing off against Haley over her support of financial aid to Ukraine. During the exchange, Ramaswamy asserted that

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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Swamy is a Trojan Horse Warrior.

FIFY

21 posted on 08/27/2023 3:50:24 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I might not go that far, but I agree he’s not the real deal.

Having not been aware of him long, it seems to me he came
to hold his set of beliefs not all that long ago. I may
be wrong, but I do not see him as a long term staunch
Conservative.

It’s like there is something else oozing in around the edges,
I can’t fully put my finger on yet. That generally gets
worse in people I see this aspect in.


22 posted on 08/27/2023 3:54:25 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Brian Griffin
Governor Kristi Noem is a rancher, farmer, small business owner, and New York Times bestselling author of Not My First Rodeo: Lessons Learned From the Heartland, and a sellout to the woke Left.
23 posted on 08/27/2023 3:56:41 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: DoughtyOne

Ronald Reagan used to be a Democrat. Same thing with Donald Trump.


24 posted on 08/27/2023 3:58:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: SoConPubbie

Pratham Boston Gala 2018: Vivek Ramaswamy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wmqK5uHNoE

He gave quite a nice speech.


25 posted on 08/27/2023 4:01:36 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: chopperk
Soros must be happy as his investment in Vivek is showing a possible return so he will have an open door to the Coke House if Vivek wins.

What investment? Ramaswamy never took so much as a nickel from George Soros.

26 posted on 08/27/2023 4:02:09 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: MinorityRepublican

I agree, but in Reagan’s case, it was back in the Jack
Kennedy day. Kennedy was Left of center, but he was
nothing like today’s Leftists, and Reagan saw where it
was going.

As for Trump, I think he hedged his bets more than really
bought into the Leftist ‘dream’. He saw what we do and
it grated him. His comments over the years were in
reaction to what he saw going on (IMO). It shocked him
to see where things were headed.

He glad-handed everyone, no doubt about it. When he came
down that elevator he was one of us.

I think he was a pragmatist and had been for a long long
time.


27 posted on 08/27/2023 4:07:13 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Quotes:

“I consider myself a contrarian,” Ramaswamy affirms. “I like to argue.”

The Kirkland House biology concentrator has quenched his thirst for debate through his involvement with the Institute of Politics and debating for the Harvard Republican Club.

“Vivek has a boundless capacity to get things done,” says friend Nicholas R. Green ’07.

Though described as fearless by his peers, when reflecting on his undergraduate career, Ramaswamy admits that he would’ve been “a little more tactful” if he could start over.

He offers rapper Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” as his life’s theme song. “I think that children should be forced to listen to it,” Ramaswamy says, “the edited version, of course.”

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/13/vivek-g-ramaswamy-if-you-think/


28 posted on 08/27/2023 4:07:38 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: Brian Griffin

“Lose Yourself” lyrics:

https://www.letras.com/eminem/63454/


29 posted on 08/27/2023 4:10:58 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: faithhopecharity

No!


30 posted on 08/27/2023 4:14:04 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
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To: ExTexasRedhead
The winner was Donald J. Trump and Tucker Carlson with 250 million views of their interview.

250,000,000 is 50 million more than every vote cast (including alleged fraudulent) in the 2020 popular vote and as many as the Super Bowl. I highly doubt that 250 mil watched this single interview. There are lies, damned lies, and there are statistics.

Trump is far and away the front-runner here. But portraying that number as “viewership” is just a flat-out exaggeration. 250 million watching anything would drive in potential advertising dollars that would exceed all of those Super Bowl commercials. Tucker, even if interviewing Trump is nowhere near that level.

Twitter might as well say he got eleventy-gajillion views and it would have the same level of legitimacy.
31 posted on 08/27/2023 4:16:25 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Fiji Hill

It is a common belief on Free Republic, that Vivek is tied to George Soros, and or a tool of Soros, a Trojan horse is what some Freepers call him.


32 posted on 08/27/2023 4:16:48 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SoConPubbie

Quotes:

Vivek Ramaswamy: This may sound trite, but I believe it to be true: Entrepreneurship is the fabric of what America is all about. The recent resurgence in entrepreneurship is a resurgence of something quintessentially American. It has been responsible for driving this country in years past and will drive it forward in the future as well.

Ramaswamy: We observed, for example, that there were a lot of people at Harvard who were idea-driven but didn’t have technical skills to accomplish what they wanted to accomplish.

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/vivek-ramaswamy-breaking-down-barriers-to-entrepreneurship/


33 posted on 08/27/2023 4:18:17 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: mmichaels1970
My bad. Only 115 million watched the Super Bowl according to Nielson. So claims here say that more than double that watched a Tucker live-stream interview with President Trump.
34 posted on 08/27/2023 4:20:32 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: DoughtyOne

I see Trump more as a nationalist. I do not see him believing in the social issues. He became pro-life because he had to win the nomination in ‘16. If you look at Trump’s statements before 2000, he was pro-choice.


35 posted on 08/27/2023 4:21:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: mmichaels1970

Are you aware that Twitter (X) is viewed world-wide, not just in the United States? You would get millions more viewers than voters or viewers of the Super Bowl.

A sobering reminder that the United States consists of just 4.23% of the world’s population.

Yet here we are, thinking that what we do could possibly change the climate of the planet or bring about world peace!


36 posted on 08/27/2023 4:24:31 PM PDT by RFH
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To: MinorityRepublican

I think he has come a long way on the topic. I’ve heard him
talk up the lives of the unborn more than I every thought I
would.

I am also reminded, that we never get everything we want. He
is dead set on destroying the swamp, and right now that has
to happen. I’m not convinced any of the rest of them fully
understand what is going on.

It’s gone so far, they Left can do stuff right out in the
open, and the Republicans don’t even react.d

On another post just now, I mention the RNC, and asked
why they haven’t gotten Republican DAs to do the same
things against Biden that the Left is doing against Trump.

Our guys are nowhere to be seen. They allow the Left to
destroy Trump without so much as a whimper.

We have to have him.


37 posted on 08/27/2023 4:31:14 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Republican except for Dena Minning (D):

https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?cand=&cycle=&employ=Roivant&jurisdiction=&name=Vivek+Ramaswamy&occupation=&state=&type=&zip=


38 posted on 08/27/2023 4:33:36 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: RFH
Are you aware that Twitter (X) is viewed world-wide, not just in the United States?

As is the Super Bowl. I stand by my assertion.
39 posted on 08/27/2023 4:33:46 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is true. A lot of people thought Trump was a staliking horse for the Hildabeast.

I was going to vote for Cruz but changed my mind because I thought Trump was the only candidate who could win.

Vivek might, that is MIGHT, be similar but this isn’t his time.


40 posted on 08/27/2023 4:38:23 PM PDT by packagingguy
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