Posted on 09/15/2015 1:16:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Some have tried to label him a flip-flopper. Others have dismissed him as a joke. And some are holding out for an implosion.
But no matter how some Republicans are trying to drag Donald Trump down from atop the polls, it hasn't worked (yet). Ten of the last 11 national polls have shown Donald Trump's lead at double digits, and some are starting to ask seriously what it means for the real estate mogul's nomination chances.
Of course, it's still early in the election cycle. None of this is to say that Trump is likely to win the Republican nomination. Pundits point out that at this time in 2011, Rick Perry's lead was giving way to a rising Herman Cain - neither of whom won even one state in the nomination process. And there are many reasons he would struggle in a general election. But outside groups like Jeb Bush's Super PAC and the economic conservative group Club for Growth are recognizing Trump's staying power and beginning to unload their dollars to topple him.
Here are some recent poll numbers that suggest that the real estate mogul isn't just a passing phase:
1. Trump's favorability ratings have turned 180 degrees. Right before Donald Trump announced his candidacy in mid-June, a Monmouth University poll showed only two in 10 Republicans had a positive view of the real estate mogul. By mid-July, it was 40 percent. In early August, it was 52 percent. Now, six in 10 Republicans have a favorable view of Donald Trump. Roughly three in 10 say they have a negative view. And these numbers hold up in early states. A Quinnipiac poll in Iowa last week found that 60 percent of Republicans there had a favorable view of Trump.
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I view Trump unfavorably. However, he is a thousand times more favorable than anything the GOPe or the Rats want to foist on us.
First he says the Big D is a phenom and implies there will be no let up on the ascending poll numbers
THEN he says that, of course, there's no chance he can win
NO ONE is stating the obvious
WE .. THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .. WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT !
See ... Donald Trump is a channel, a mouthpiece for me and millions of other red blooded American citizens, beyond frustrated ... PISSED THE F OFF !!!
Who says?..
Which means he is favorable.
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On a comparable basis, yes. But that is a sad, sad commentary on where politics are in this nation right now.
AMEN!!! to what you just said!!!
Just like capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all the others.
Having participated in Operation Chaos against Barack Obama in 2008, I fully expect such an operation to be waged against conservatives this time.
Don’t say I didn’t warn ya.
They’re already doing it, ergo the Ben Carson “surge.”
Ditto
Unfortunately, given the under-currents of politics and our corrupt politicians, our political system and “free-market” economy is not far from being numbered right along with “all the others”.
All of a sudden, the GOP Elites are heaping praise on Carson. It is so transparent! They are beyond desperate to knock out the only candidate who is against rich donors, by using any tool possible.
It is beyond transparent that rich donors control all politicians. See my tag line please.
Now HOW can THIS be true? The unbiased New York Times poll has Carson even with Trump! No this CAN’T be true!
Yeah!!
Too bad Donald didn't demand a mirror-image loyalty pledge from Rinse Preebus.
Never mind that Trump is at 32 to 38% and Carson is lucky to have 12 to 18%.
Yes, I've seen the figures that say Carson is tied with Trump. I've also read the Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks.
Which poll are they “tied” ? It’s the only one I’ve heard about today.
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