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Donald Trump is still rocketing up polls in dominating fashion
Yahoo ^ | July 25, 2015 12:00 PM | Maxwell Tani

Posted on 07/27/2015 11:08:25 AM PDT by Red Steel

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Family Leadership Summit.

Donald Trump is still the clear front-runner of the 2016 GOP presidential field.

A new Economist/YouGov poll released on Friday actually showed Trump gaining support in the last week, despite a controversy over his comments questioning Sen. John McCain's (R-Arizona) status as a "war hero."

According to the poll, the number of registered Republican primary voters who responded that Trump is their first choice jumped from 15% at the beginning of July to 28% last week. Another 10% of voters pick him as their second choice.

That puts the real-estate magnate far ahead of the next Republican candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), as well as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who saw his numbers jump following his campaign announcement earlier this month.

The poll comes only a week after many analysts declared that Trump's comments about McCain would mark a turning point in his campaign.

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Trump was one of the first 2016 candidates to call attention to the death of Kathryn Steinle, a 32-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered by an immigrant living in the US without permission.

Trump got a shout-out during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week from one of the witnesses, who thanked him for bringing attention to the issue of violent crime committed by immigrants living in the US illegally.

And earlier this week, House Republicans passed an immigration bill that Democrats dubbed "The Donald Trump Act."

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


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1 posted on 07/27/2015 11:08:25 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Hilarious that they keep asking him if he’ll run third party. When you’re LEADING in the polls, you don’t need to consider that.


2 posted on 07/27/2015 11:11:28 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Red Steel

meanwhile, the Washington political establishment’s nervous breakdown continues unabated.


3 posted on 07/27/2015 11:12:22 AM PDT by RC one
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To: Red Steel

Don’t you just love these GOP people trying to run our lives and we are not following....how will they line their pockets now???? LOL


4 posted on 07/27/2015 11:14:48 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Send 'slob boy of the oval office' back to Kenya ASAP, and save America...)
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To: Red Steel

I thought Trump was supposed to be finished after the McCain comments?


5 posted on 07/27/2015 11:15:17 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: Red Steel

Unless and until someone starts campaigning on the same issues with the same positions, Trump has the winning issues all to himself.


6 posted on 07/27/2015 11:17:42 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Hillary - Ethically sleazy and politically stupid)
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To: RC one

Let’s push a little harder, maybe they’ll turn suicidal.


7 posted on 07/27/2015 11:17:45 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: Red Steel
YES!

Meanwhile The Stupid GOPE Does This!

Jeb Bush, Rubio, Lindsey Graham in… Trump Is Out of NH Voter’s First Debate

IDIOTS!

8 posted on 07/27/2015 11:18:54 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own <blockqurisk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Red Steel

supproting trump is a way to say FU to the establishment and their love of illegal immigration. Which is just fine with me.


9 posted on 07/27/2015 11:19:11 AM PDT by Cubs Fan ( liberalism=totalitarianism- http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/06/the-new-totalitarians-are-here/)
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To: Red Steel
The reasons are or should be clear....He is not a history revisionist or politically correct, his outspokenness is speaking the truth....none of the tired old political rhetoric or hillaryrhetoric from years ago....Trump is showing how corrupt, PC and out of touch/could care less our elected are and the money spent on this slap in the face is a prime reason Trump is so welcome....Obama really hates most Americans and their country...what a jerk Obama is.
10 posted on 07/27/2015 11:21:13 AM PDT by yoe
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To: Red Steel

I can’t put my finger on it, but I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

Too much like the Ross Perot phenomenon that gave us Bilious Klintoon.


11 posted on 07/27/2015 11:24:43 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply i)
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To: Fiddlstix

That alone will probably push his polling even higher.


12 posted on 07/27/2015 11:28:48 AM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: Wolfie

And he doesn’t say he won’t...


13 posted on 07/27/2015 11:29:39 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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To: Wolfie

ask jbush if he will run third party.


14 posted on 07/27/2015 11:30:16 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Fiddlstix

I’m not sure it was the GOPE. The paper organizing the event did a front page hit piece on Trump. My understanding is that Trump refused the debate. Why go into a debate when you know the organizers are out to get you?

It’ll probably be so boring without Trump that his numbers will go up anyway.


15 posted on 07/27/2015 11:30:39 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Red Steel

Read it and weep Republican CINOs: the Grand Old Party sucks so bad a *Democrat* is leading the GOP presidential field.


16 posted on 07/27/2015 11:31:03 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Red Steel

I like what Trump is saying, but I have to say I am leery of his motives. I’d feel more at ease with him if he was running against the Democrats as hard as he’s running against Republicans - those running and those elected.


17 posted on 07/27/2015 11:32:17 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: Westbrook
I've got a bad feeling about this

Why? We know from the behavior of the Senate with a majority that the elite only represent themselves. If it's Jeb or a Jeb wannabbee vs hillary, we've already lost. So why not just sit back and enjoy the ride?

18 posted on 07/27/2015 11:35:54 AM PDT by grania
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To: grania

Did you hear what Trump said about Hillary yesterday... Called her a criminal


19 posted on 07/27/2015 11:36:59 AM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: IamConservative

Don’t you get it? Jeb and all the other pre-selected slime ARE the enemy. You’re just their voting fodder.


20 posted on 07/27/2015 11:37:13 AM PDT by grania
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