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CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump now competitive in general election
CNN.Com ^ | Wed August 19, 2015 | Jennifer Agiesta

Posted on 08/19/2015 7:04:16 AM PDT by BradtotheBone

Washington (CNN)—Since announcing his campaign in late June, Donald Trump has quickly leapt to the top of the Republican field, leading recent polls nationally, in Iowa and in New Hampshire. And now, for the first time in CNN/ORC polling, his gains among the Republican Party have boosted him enough to be competitive in the general election.

The poll finds Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton ahead of Trump by just 6 points, a dramatic tightening since July. Trump is the one of three Republican candidates who have been matched against Clinton multiple times in CNN/ORC polling to significantly whittle the gap between himself and the Democratic frontrunner. He trailed Clinton by 16 points in a July poll, and narrowed that gap by boosting his standing among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (from 67% support in July to 79% now), men (from 46% in July to 53% now) and white voters (from 50% to 55%).

But Clinton still holds the cards overall in the race for the White House, leading four Republican contenders: She tops Trump and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker by 6 points each among registered voters, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush by 9 points, and businesswoman Carly Fiorina by 10 points.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; clinton; donaldtrump; election2016; hillary; hillaryclinton; liberalcnnpoll; newyork; trump
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To: skeeter

I think he has burned too many bridges to do that.


21 posted on 08/19/2015 7:39:30 AM PDT by Empire View
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To: Da Coyote

You can tell a lot about a person by who his enemies are.

He certainly has all the right enemies and they are very angry with him.

I don’t think labels like Conservative or Liberal mean very much today. They are often used to hide who a politician really is for.


22 posted on 08/19/2015 7:39:36 AM PDT by crusher2013 (Liberalism is Aristocracy masquerading as equality)
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To: skeeter

“Jeb will re-emerge as a border hawk, count on it. He’ll have to.”

And I’ll trust him just about as much as the current “Conservatives” in Congress.


23 posted on 08/19/2015 7:41:33 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Paladin2

¡Yeb! is definitely NOT electable.

He’s a Democrat in an R jersey and unwilling to lie about it like Romney.


24 posted on 08/19/2015 7:41:53 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Da Coyote

I agree, I would have never considered Trump before now, but he may be the only way to smash the Uniparty and stop The Cheap Labor Express.


25 posted on 08/19/2015 7:43:00 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Paladin2
Polls at this point are only entertainment and news “story” generators.(

Not really. They are determining who gets in the debates. They are determining who gets bucks from donors. They are pretty important. Now their meaning as to what is eventually going to shake out is probably small, but you can't blow them off as merely entertainment.

26 posted on 08/19/2015 7:43:31 AM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: Da Coyote

I agree, I would have never considered Trump before now, but he may be the only way to smash the Uniparty and stop The Cheap Labor Express.


27 posted on 08/19/2015 7:43:50 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Starstruck

Trump doesn’t need the money. ¡Jeb! already has more than he needs. Cruz has some and will get more as long as he stays in the race. The rest are just delegate collectors for Yeb and will get what the GOPee thinks they need to give them to collect maximum delegates forYeb.


28 posted on 08/19/2015 7:49:28 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: magna carta

I turned it off before ramos came on. I knew I would see what you described. An angry chihuahua/rickyretardo mix.


29 posted on 08/19/2015 8:06:44 AM PDT by paintriot (On the Conservative Coast.)
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To: BradtotheBone

The heads of Krauthammer, Will and Rove and others in grave danger of exploding at any moment.


30 posted on 08/19/2015 8:07:01 AM PDT by Will88
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To: skeeter
Jeb will re-emerge as a border hawk, count on it. He’ll have to.

I think he and Juan McCain should make some joint ads of the two walking along the border (like Juan did in 2010), vowing to "secure the border first" (as Juan vowed in 2008 and 2010).

Both equally believable on the issue.

31 posted on 08/19/2015 8:10:09 AM PDT by Will88
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To: Da Coyote
As a conservative, I never thought I’d even give a thought to voting for him. However, as my respect for virtually EVERY branch of government (except the military) has gone to zero, and my respect for the uniparty parallels my respect for the things in the toilet bowl, sorry, but I’d vote for him now.

Says a lot about the country, not?

When he was leading up to announcing, I was in the same camp. His "antics" since have given me a bit of respect for him. While not my first choice (my money goes to Cruz), I could vote for him with a clear conscience.

Ever since Reagan, the downward spiral has changed a lot of things.

32 posted on 08/19/2015 8:20:21 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: skeeter
Jeb will re-emerge as a border hawk, count on it.

And there will be people stupid enough to trust and believe him when he does it.

33 posted on 08/19/2015 8:25:30 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: BradtotheBone

They’ll have to double down on his “unelectability”.


34 posted on 08/19/2015 8:26:50 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: BradtotheBone

Uh oh. The faeces just became actualized into an independently-existing ontological state.


35 posted on 08/19/2015 8:29:33 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: BradtotheBone

This is only the beginning. Trump’s immigration plan will attract blacks and working class libs. His lead in the polls will expand.


36 posted on 08/19/2015 8:37:22 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: BradtotheBone

Only in Trump Mania World would a CNN poll (bashed in the past by conservatives) suddenly now be trusted.

What was bad and libbbbbberal (CNN) is now good and trustworthy!

But I thought that Limbaugh didn’t trust CNN?

I guess that was a Limbaugh in a previous incarnation...


37 posted on 08/19/2015 8:42:03 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: skeeter

And when he does, Trump will demolish him as a “telling you what you want to hear to get your vote politician who’s own brother and father had the chance to build the wall and didn’t”. At the same time, Bush’s uniparty chamber of commerce backers will be pretty ticked off at that kind of talk.

That could very quickly seal the end of his coronation.


38 posted on 08/19/2015 8:43:44 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Trump campaign ad: Trump, in his Apprentice chair, saying "America, you're hired")
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To: BradtotheBone

Boom!


39 posted on 08/19/2015 8:46:57 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I don’t know about you, but I have switched to CNN from any Fox Product which I simply will no longer watch.

I have watched, and counted on, Fox for YEARS.

Now I am done. They lost a customer, and I’ll find another place to find news. If I have to traslate from CNN, then that is what I will do.

Adios Fox. All Fox. Fox. Fox Business. Our local Fox affilate.

All of them.

You blew it bigtime Mr. Ailes.

Make it right.

Trump needs your support, and a fair Fox coverage team.

He’s not getting that.

That is very, very sad.


40 posted on 08/19/2015 8:48:51 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html)
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