Posted on 08/27/2015 11:51:03 AM PDT by xzins
The Quinnipiac University poll, released Thursday, also shows Donald Trump smashing the GOP presidential competition garnering 28% support from registered Republican voters in the 17-member field. The real estate mogul's closest competitor is retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who tallies 12%.
Just 7% said they would vote for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a record low since November 2013.
Those results show just how far both Trump -- now the Republican front-runner -- and Bush -- the old one -- have come. Bush led national polls for much of the first half of 2015, but was quickly dislodged by Trump, after he announced his presidential ambitions this June.
Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida both are tied with Bush at 7%, the polls shows, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at 6% and former tech CEO Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich tied at 5%.
"Donald Trump soars; Ben Carson rises; Jeb Bush slips and some GOP hopefuls seem to disappear," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the survey. "Trump proves you don't have to be loved by everyone, just by enough Republicans to lead the GOP pack."
And Trump certainly isn't loved by everyone, the survey shows. About 1-in-4 GOP voters say they would never vote for Trump, topping the field. Bush comes in second with 18%.
Clinton still leads the Democratic race at 45% support from registered Democrats, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 22% and Biden -- who is currently mulling a 2016 bid -- at 18%.
But Biden, currently sporting the highest favorability rating among any 2016 candidates polled of either party, tops Trump 48% to 40%, compared to Clinton, who beats Trump 45% to 41%. Biden also beats Bush, 45% to 39%, compared to Clinton, who beats Bush 42% to 40%.
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So where did you come up with a turnout of historic numbers? It wasn't from actual elections. If it was just your belief, then yes I would have to go with polls over E Pluribus Unum's belief.
“That was the 2012 election also. How did that go?”
No, that was an election for the Uniparty Marxist or the Uniparty Squish.
The statement was socialists vs capitalist. Romney had many, many shortcomings but he was a capitalist. So using that argument to try to shame people into voting for Trump doesn't wash. Trump is a Uni-party bully but all that matters is Uni-party.
Capitalism lost. Look what the result has been.
But what if Cruz is the VP, and a guy who’s trying to do the right thing for America, with the money to see it through, and with the strength of character to fight is leading instead of Romney?
There’s no way that Trump is Romney. None.
And there’s no way that Cruz is Ryan.
Which will make Reagan v Mondale look like a garden party vs. Kiss on Stage. Go to the link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3318182/posts?page=171#171
Look at the numbers at the link 64.3% to 35.7% for Financial Advisers. What if the general populous is in line with them?
Trump/Cruz 2016 landslide victory
They will redefine “tsunami.”
I read someplace that Trump is polling well with blue collar democrats. I should have posted that one. Don’t remember where I saw it.
Under Trump, I don't really see him being effective. Trump doesn't give power away. Trump would need a go between with Congress and under the present setup Cruz wouldn't be that guy.
Cruz brings a lot to the table, the old Moral Majority being one of them. But he’s superbly qualified in law, in leadership, and in resolve.
Better treasure than some politician’s connections.
And that's why I want to see him as President. I'm not conceding to Trump a year out.
It will be interesting to see if Trump runs against Biden. Biden has a certain amount of sympathy from the public because he raised two boys by himself, had a brain anurism and recently lost one his sons. He’s old, crazy uncle in America’s attic. Trump gonna beat the heck out of this senior citizen like he deals with Ms. Lindsay or Megan Kelly? Biden will play the race card like an Democrat race expert in the past, could play the race card to the KKK. He’s been around the block and has no honor.
The Republican party needs to reclaim the Christian Conservatives?
Are they in danger of voting for Biden or Clinton?
Think before you post.
Jeb Bush finishing dead last ROFL
Hillary = Liar and only 11% of Dems won’t vote for her.
Trump = Arrogent and 26% of GOP won’t vote for him.
Call me old fashioned, but I’ll take arrogant over liar any day.
Trump delegates authority. But I agree Cruz would have trouble dealing with Congress. That's why I like NM Gov. Susana Martinez. She'd smooth some of those ruffled hispanic feathers too. Cruz for AG.
Quinnipiac is a Dem pollster, always has been. Something’s up when Biden has a bigger number. Who would vote for this retarded VP?
Biden?
Bwaaahahahahaha!
OMG you’re killin me!
Of course they have. Last election they stayed home in droves. And this time around they’re fully fed up and jumping ship.
"I read someplace that Trump is polling well with blue collar democrats. I should have posted that one. Don’t remember where I saw it."
Blue Collar and White Collar workers are in the same boat these days as all their jobs are being destroyed by the same uniparty.
There should be little doubt that Trump could snake 5% of the (D)ummycrat vote by hammering Jobs and Taxes just like Reagan did. He will have to go straight into the heart of enemy territory strongholds in New York, Chicago, and California with massive rallies in the big centers. He will have to talk directly to unions and also directly to their membership.
Make no mistake, this is a huge task, but there is little to no chance that any of the 16 others can switch over any of these voting blocks. Trump can do this.
If he also makes inroads into Women, and Blacks, and Hispanics, peeling off even a percent or two above Romney then he will win this thing walking away.
Biden does not have any appeal to anyone except politburo (D)emocrats, certainly not the younger generation. And on the issues like Jobs and Taxes and Illegal Aliens, he loses completely. And once again, Trump is the only one of the 16 that can make this case plainly stick in the minds of the voters by embarrassing Biden in creative commercials and especially in head-to-head debates.
I suspect that right now Biden is actually trying to decide whether or not he wants to lose to Trump ( it is a high probability ). Does he want to retire as a VP, or as a Presidential loser like McGovern or Carter or Mondale. If Bush was leading today, Biden would already have jumped in.
So we can actually get a gauge on things by watching who gets into the race and who does not. It will tell us something about the internal polls that they are looking at. Same goes for Gore and other prospects. They are weighing the pros and cons of being the designated loser in the year of a populist perfect storm.
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