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National GOP Primary Poll: Trump 19% Romney 17% Huckabee 15%
Ramussen Reports ^ | 04/28/2011 | Rassmussen

Posted on 04/28/2011 7:46:29 AM PDT by OldDeckHand

Republican primary voters at this early stage of the game now give billionaire developer Donald Trump the edge over presumptive favorites Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in the race to be the GOP’s presidential nominee in 2012.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters finds Trump with 19% support, just ahead of the former governors, Massachusetts’ Romney at 17% and Arkansas’ Huckabee with 15%. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich are tied for fourth place with nine percent (9%) each, closely followed by Texas Congressman Ron Paul at eight percent (8%). Rounding out the list are former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (5%) and Mitch Daniels, the current governor of Indiana, at three percent (3%). Five percent (5%) like some other candidate, and 11% are undecided when presented with this list of candidates.

(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; gop; poll; rasmussen
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To: Mama Shawna

So what is their record now...1 and.....?


21 posted on 04/28/2011 8:09:42 AM PDT by Grunthor (The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.)
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To: Grunthor

LOL! I know I know...but STILL! ;)


22 posted on 04/28/2011 8:10:55 AM PDT by Mama Shawna
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To: Aroostook25
Clueless Republicans!

The only people more clueless are those who keep voting for and supporting them.

23 posted on 04/28/2011 8:12:56 AM PDT by Do Be (The heart is smarter than the head.)
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To: OldDeckHand
Trump has 3 things in his favor:

1. Name Recognition.
2. Outspoken (for now) on some popular issues.
3. Lack of viable alternatives.

Personally, I don't really want another flamboyant self-promoting showman in the WH.

24 posted on 04/28/2011 8:13:18 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: OldDeckHand

Is Trump really in the race to help O?


25 posted on 04/28/2011 8:16:24 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: Invincibly Ignorant

the democrats in the trump camp will try to sabotage Palin during the campaign, leak fake news about her


26 posted on 04/28/2011 8:16:49 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: OldDeckHand

All 3 are horrible candidates. Is the Republican party trying to throw the election?


27 posted on 04/28/2011 8:17:14 AM PDT by MeSpikeLibs (You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille Boehner.)
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To: Reagan Man

I heard West said if his constituents let him out of his job as rep., he would consider running. I pray he does.


28 posted on 04/28/2011 8:18:03 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Invincibly Ignorant
go Trump/Palin

This would be an easy victory over Zero, so, the Republicans would never allow it.

29 posted on 04/28/2011 8:18:15 AM PDT by Do Be (The heart is smarter than the head.)
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To: Mama Shawna

I am a bad M’s fan. I gave up on them during spring training rather than halfway through April this year.


30 posted on 04/28/2011 8:18:59 AM PDT by Grunthor (The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.)
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To: Above My Pay Grade
"Also, I notice Michelle Bachmann is missing from the list."

She's polled in a separate list that's not included in the "free" release. You have to be a Rasmussen subscriber to see how she, and several others fair.

31 posted on 04/28/2011 8:22:50 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

BOTH BIG TIME LOSERS.


32 posted on 04/28/2011 8:24:38 AM PDT by mulligan
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To: ilovesarah2012
We need a solid conservative to run. West sounds good.

If the GOP choices are a bunch of lib-rino flakes, its over. We lose.

33 posted on 04/28/2011 8:26:00 AM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Reagan Man

I know I won’t vote for a RINO.


34 posted on 04/28/2011 8:28:34 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: OldDeckHand

It’s fantastic news that Trump is leading Romney and Huckabee. This is an affront to the machinery that’s responsible for governing our choices each election season. This is not the same old politics as usual; this is an anomaly, a welcome disruption in my opinion.


35 posted on 04/28/2011 8:28:58 AM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
"At this time in the election cycle for 2008 Rudy Guiliani and Hillary Clinton were the clear front runners."

No two election cycles are the same. In 2000, George Bush was the frontrunner, and was never really challenged until McCain won convincingly in NH. Bush obviously came back strong in SC, sealing McCain's fate.

In 1996, Dole was the long-time frontrunner, and no one ever really challenged him, either in the polls or in the primaries themselves.

Had Clinton taken Iowa a bit more seriously, she very well may have won the nomination. Also, while Clinton was the early frontrunner, she also suffered from incredibly high-negatives. Those usually catch-up to you.

The 2004 Dem primary probably most closely resembles this GOP primary - a big field in which several candidates enjoyed almost 20% support, with Kerry, Edwards and Dean flip-flopping for control in the months leading up to the first primary. In the end, the winner came from those three long-time front-runners - Kerry.

Primary voters - the ones who actually decide the elections, which aren't usually the most political of the primary voters - are myopic. They tend to see things solely through the lens that the media creates for them. Right now, that lens is focused on these three guys, and that will be tough to overcome for the people in the back of the pack. While anything is possible, it's just not likely someone will come from way back. Even though McCain did in 2008, it' important to remember that McCain also was wildly popular with Republican-leaning independents, he had very low negatives (unlike Romney) and at one time he had led all comers earlier on.

36 posted on 04/28/2011 8:31:33 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: ilovesarah2012

Yes—that would be my hope, too. I captured the video of him calmly handling that raucous crowd full of idiots, and show it to everyone who stops by our house.


37 posted on 04/28/2011 8:34:52 AM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: BitWielder1
Personally, I don't really want another flamboyant self-promoting showman in the WH.

With his finger on the thermonuclear button.....

38 posted on 04/28/2011 8:36:26 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
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To: OldDeckHand
It's WAY too early to put any stock in any of these polls.
39 posted on 04/28/2011 8:43:20 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
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To: basil

I listened to him on Glen Beck’s radio show this morning. He just makes so much sense, something I am not used to from a politician.


40 posted on 04/28/2011 8:45:56 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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