Wow—here’s another one.
For those of Democrat or independent party affiliation, sure ‘wouldn’t vote at all’ ekes out the lead at 29%, but Trump is at 28%, with the next three of Bush, Paul, and Walker all the way down at 5.6%, 5.1%, and 4.7% respectively.
That is huge—Trump gets more than five times the second-place candidate among independents and Democrats. If it were a GOPe candidate with that advantage, that’s all we’d hear about!
Actually, it’s just exactly five times his second-place competitor.
That is the part the GOPe doesn’t want out there.Trump is going to draw crossover votes. Much more than the ‘moderate’ like Jeb.
And part of the reason is that Trump is not going to be taking far right social positions. And the conservative base will need to be comfortable with that. I am because I think Trump’s other positions on immigration and the economy are badly needed.