Posted on 07/24/2015 6:02:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Real estate billionaire Donald Trump's recent showing in national polls looks less like a fluke with each passing day, and numbers from Friday's YouGov.Economist poll has him leading the pack with support from 28 per cent of Republican primary voters.
The survey, which is based on Internet interviews, ranked Trump twice at high as second-place finisher Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor who leads in the fundraising sweepstakes but will fall far short of competing with Trump's $10 billion personal wealth.
Bush is the first choice of 14 per cent of Republicans in the poll; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is close behind him at 13 per cent.
Trump's unconventional media-driven campaign continues to gather steam despite widespread condemnation following his claim last Saturday that Vietnam War POW and current Arizona senator John McCain was not 'a war hero.'
More military veterans in YouGov's sample of voters, in fact, said they have a favorable view of Trump than of McCain.
Trumps approve/disapprove numbers among vets are 53-42; McCain is 'under water' at 41-49, suggesting that nearly half of veterans may be displeased with his handling of America's crumbling veterans affairs infrastructure during his decades in Congress.
'Veterans are divided on whether Trump owes McCain an apology,' YouGov reported....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
John McCain got the crap kicked out of him for five years by Democrats. In 2008, we found out how much he enjoyed it.
The minute conservatives laid eyes on McCain we knew he was a no good, two-timing, low-down rat. And no friend of the armed forces.
Seems the veterans know this all too well.
The minute conservatives laid eyes on McCain we knew he was a no good, two-timing, low-down rat. And no friend of the armed forces.
Seems the veterans know this all too well.
Nobody likes McOrc except The Ministry Of Propaganda because he is their useful idot.
Oh, wait, Grahamnesty and Ayotte like McOrc.
(if we are hobbits, he must be an Orc)
Internet polls are basically worthless.
This is really getting funny. The American press has turned Presidential politics into a reality show where sound bites and image are all that’s important. All of a sudden, there is a bona-fide reality star who isn’t playing by their rules and people are loving the outspoken jerk who doesn’t give a crap what others think... exactly as reality television has trained it’s audience to do.
I don’t think people realize how many veterans despise McCain.
I’m a veteran, and I can’t stand the SOB. The ONLY reason I voted for the ticket in 2008 was a combination of (1) I utterly despised Obama; and (2) I liked Sarah Palin.
Brilliant observation.
Probably unless they can show otherwise
Here's a bonafide crazy....and lizard person:
After he said what is in your graphic he said something to the effect that they had us under control before Trump fired up the crazies.
To McAmnesty people who want to keep the rule of law and have secure borders are crazies.
American citizens who want to keep their country are crazies.
I think it’s carzy to want your country overrun by illegal aliens.
If you are a Senator, it’s treason.
Veterans have a thing about loyalty.
He said that politics is almost never brought up at work, but recently Trump has been a huge topic of laudatory conversation. That includes some of the big bosses that came by for a visit. He said he's never seen anything like it in 25 years of his career.
I don't know, are truck drivers a natural constituency for Trump?
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