If Trump goes down Cruz will still be at 7%. The GOPe is leaving him alone currently because he is a non factor. My suspicion is that at least half of Trump's support would go to Bush if the Donald fell out.
Yikes, I can’t really think Bush support is somewhere in there with Trump. Maybe so.
And, you’re right, at 7% Cruz is going no where on that, right now, but a Trump exit would surely take care of that.
>> My suspicion is that at least half of Trump’s support would go to Bush if the Donald fell out <<
Interesting theory. If (for example) ca. one-half of Trump’s support is based purely on celebrity and name recognition rather than on policy and temperament, then the other “well recognized” guy in the race might indeed pick up the lion’s share of Trump’s “celebrity share” of the vote. Gotta think about it for a while.
My suspicion is that at least half of Trump’s support would go to Bush if the Donald fell out.
I thought so,too. Had Trump not been in this race we would had ended up right back where we were the last 3? elections.
There is no evidence anything has changed with the GOPe???
Bush would have been the nom and half the Freepers, who are now anti-Trump, would be telling us we have to vote for Bush or else Joe Biden will be our next President!
SOme would say they are voting for Cruz no matter...Still, Bush would lose and Slow Joe, the first live president to have his brain operated on, would be our C.C.
All because the GOPe pushed McCain, Romney and Jeb Bush on us. Do they care? ...nope.
I don’t think it his to Hillary btw.