Posted on 09/01/2015 7:02:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
So says PPP, the same outfit responsible for that poll a few weeks back showing Trump losing head-to-head match-ups against Rubio and Walker in North Carolina. Either NC is an outlier or the mood has changed nationally because Republicans across America now prefer him to either of those candidates — and not narrowly either. He leads Rubio by eight when voters are forced to choose between them and Walker by 14. As for Jeb Bush, gadzooks:
Jeb’s got another month to turn things around before the donor class heads for the lifeboats, I think. There is one candidate tested who still tops Trump head to head: That’d be Ben Carson, the race’s nice-guy outsider, who leads Trump by six, 49/43. How come? Quite possibly because of evangelical support. Evangelicals prefer Trump to Bush, Rubio, and even Scott Walker by comfortable margins. Against Carson, though, Trump trails 49/41 among that group versus 48/44 among non-evangelicals. That’s a bad sign for Trumpmania in Iowa if Carson has legs.
Here’s an … interesting poll result.
Our new poll finds that Trump is benefiting from a GOP electorate that thinks Barack Obama is a Muslim and was born in another country, and that immigrant children should be deported. 66% of Trump’s supporters believe that Obama is a Muslim to just 12% that grant he’s a Christian. 61% think Obama was not born in the United States to only 21% who accept that he was. And 63% want to amend the Constitution to eliminate birthright citizenship, to only 20% who want to keep things the way they are.
Trump’s beliefs represent the consensus among the GOP electorate. 51% overall want to eliminate birthright citizenship. 54% think President Obama is a Muslim. And only 29% grant that President Obama was born in the United States. That’s less than the 40% who think Canadian born Ted Cruz was born in the United States.
Among Republicans who believe Obama was born in the U.S., Trump leads the GOP field with a comparatively modest 21 percent. Among those who don’t believe Obama was born here, he leads with 39 percent. Head to head among the group that believes Obama was born here, he trails all five candidates he’s tested against — Bush, Carson, Fiorina, Rubio, and Walker. Among the group that believes Obama wasn’t born here, he utterly demolishes all five, with Carson trailing by 16 points and the rest trailing by 30 points or more. You get similar results when you divide the primary electorate by who thinks Obama is a Christian and who thinks he’s a Muslim. Trump leads the field among the first group with 24 percent but leads among the second with 35 percent. The head-to-head polling is predictable too, with Trump trailing badly to Bush, Carson, Fiorina, and Rubio among the “Obama is a Christian” group but winning handily among the “Obama is a Muslim” crowd. (He leads Scott Walker among both groups.) You wanted populism, you got it.
As for Trump’s appeal among different wings of the party, it’s true that he’s leading among tea partiers and non-tea-partiers alike but his strength is much greater among the first group than the second here. Among TPers, he’s the first choice of 42 percent, far more than anyone else in the field; among non-TPers, he leads with 25 percent, 10 points ahead of Carson. In head-to-head match-ups TPers prefer him to all of the five other candidates, and only Carson even makes it close. Scott Walker, the next strongest Trump challenger in this category, trails him among tea partiers by 19 points.
But never mind all that. What you really want is the “Trump vs. Fox News and Megyn Kelly” polling. Here you go.
Tea partiers prefer Trump handily to Kelly but they’re evenly divided between Trump and Fox News generally. In fact, Fox has an astounding 86/4 favorable rating among tea partiers versus 62/19 for the rest of the party. Even Kelly is at 48/27 within the group, a rating most politicians would accept happily. Interestingly, although Fox News’s favorability is much higher among those who say Obama wasn’t born in the U.S. than those who say he is, Kelly’s favorability runs the other way, increasing among those who think Obama was born here. The same trend shows up among those who say Obama’s a Christian and those who say Obama’s a Muslim: Fox is more popular with the latter group whereas Kelly is more popular with the former. That’s in keeping with her image generally as a more middle-of-the-road anchor in Fox’s otherwise firmly right-wing line-up.
Oh, incidentally: She just finished the month of August at number one in all of cable news, O’Reilly included, in the 25-54 demo, the group that advertisers care most about. That’s only the third time she’s done that since “The Kelly File” began. What happened to the post-debate boycott?
Good list of candidates to avoid, who violate my number one issue in 2016....keeping illegals in the country.
Cruz has never used the word “deport” anywhere on his web site or in his speeches, also.
“Neighbor” is the new term of dislike. If you dislike someone or something, term it “your neighbor”. Everybody has/had a neighbor they loved or despised! I love my neighbors. or, I want to kill my neighbor! We have all spoken this term or know of others who have. Welcome to the neighborhood! Won’t you be mine?
Problem with Carson is that he apparently does not favor deportation and sides with amnesty, among other problems.
Carson’s support is shallow because people don’t know what he stands for yet.
“Carson said early on...We might need to restrict semi-auto weapons in “high crime” areas... “ —————
Thanks, David. I have never forgotten that either. That gun attitude is a no brainer for me. And, Dr. Kind can’t un-ring that bell.
Funny thing....I never have been polled.
This fallacy has got to stop.
An H1B Visa is only for the most highly skilled people. They are NOT ANYWHERE NEAR “CHEAP LABOR”.
I know this because I used to work for a Japan-owned company in San Jose. I processed lots of H1B Visa’s for engineers in Japan (who were working for the parent company).
DON’T EVER LET ANYBODY TELL YOU H1B VISA’s ARE FOR CHEAP LABOR - THEY NEVER ARE. The process is long and expensive to bring this type of worker here. They are the best and brightest. We should want this type of worker if we are ever going to have an industrial complex again.
Cruz has never used the word “deport” anywhere on his web site or in his speeches,He doesn't want to deport he wants to give out 30 million green cards with benefits (backdoor amnesty) and 5 times as many H1B visas.
Who would you prefer to face down the Norks / ISIS / Putin or the Nuclear Iranians....?
A world class Neurosurgeon
Or
a world class negotiator....?
Why would “evangelicals” support Carson? The man does not believe in the Holy Trinity - He’s a Unitarian (?)
Note too that those who believe:
1.) Obama is a Christian
2.) Obama was born in the U.S.
Demonstrate the lower percentages for support of Trump.
I’ll bet they believe in aliens too.
Correction - Welcome to Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood - whose banker is Goldman Sachs - aka, his wife ...
Mrs. Cruz is CEO of Houston Goldman Sachs - the revolving door between the Federal Government and the Wall Street Banksters. No conflict of interest brewing there - but, I guess you’re quite OK with that little set up.
“Come into my parlor,” said the spider to the fly!
Thank God that the American voter still feels attracted to a bright and decent person.
Yeah? And what is wrong with hiring AMERICAN engineers, scientists and mathematicians?
>We should want this type of worker if we are ever going to have an industrial complex again.<
This is how it was in the 1950’s — the brightest immigrants were placed at the head of the line.
Of course, the immigration source then was different from what it is today.
What is the word “ deluvef” in your post?
Maybe not but I can guarantee you they are cheaper than the American Citizens they replace.
Correction - Welcome to Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood - whose banker is Goldman Sachs - aka, his wife ...
Ah! the banker bit.. Elizabeth Trump Grau an executive at Chase Manhattan Bank... Glad you brought that up..
You know Trumps SISTER.. actually his father/ mother all the siblings and most all his personal friends are liberals.. and he has supported STILL supports most of them.. some of them even work for him... NOW..
AND... YOU are worried about Cruz’s WIFE...
Trump has the ideology of a Vampire.. he “NEEDS” things..
AND will get them.. NO a Crucifix won’t work on Trump..
I suggest garlic... OR a much better look at Cruz..
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