Posted on 11/27/2015 1:23:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump's support among Republicans has dropped 12 points in less than a week, marking the real estate mogul's biggest decline since he vaulted to the top of the field in July, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Trump was the favorite of 31 percent of Republicans in a rolling poll in the five days ended on Nov. 27. That was down from a peak of 43 percent registered on Nov. 22.
The dip follows criticism of Trump for comments he made in the aftermath of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more.
Following the attacks, Trump told an NBC News reporter that he would support requiring all Muslims within the United States to be registered to a special database, which his critics have likened to the mandatory registration of Jews in Nazi Germany.
Trump has also been criticized for flailing his arms and distorting his speech as he mocked a New York Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski, who is disabled.
Trump mocked the reporter as he defended his unsubstantiated assertion that during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, he watched on television as "thousands and thousands" of people in New Jersey cheered while the World Trade Center fell.
Still, Trump is not the only front-runner to slide in the latest survey.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has seen his poll numbers drift downward and now trails Trump by more than half, with just 15 percent of Republicans polled saying they would vote for him in the same Nov. 27 poll. As recently as late October, Carson trailed Trump by only six points.
Following Carson, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Texas Senator Ted Cruz are tied for third place, with more than 8 percent each.
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Finally
uh huh ... yep
Trump is done for good this time!
BS
never believe the polls
just vote for Trump - Cruz and
depose these Leftist bastards once and for all
Sure thing Reuters.
Whatever.
Live by the polls. Die by the polls.
Go Cruz.
May the vile media rot.
his critics have likened to the mandatory registration of Jews in Nazi Germany.
Big difference ; the Jews were innocent and the Muslims are not
Peaked way too early.
Who answers polls on Thanksgiving?
I am a Cruz supporter, but these anti-Trump polls and articles that “interpret” them are ignorant and aggravating. If Trump beats Cruz, I am supporting Trump with my vote and my money.
Oldplayer
The obligatory poll from the media to control the narrative.
Trump seems to believe them. He talks about them all the time. So do his supporters. Live by the poll, die by the poll.
Why do you have to be so logical?
Can’t you just smoke the dope and drink the Koolaid like everybody else?
GMTA.
Thanksgiving polling nonsense. Watch Trump’s numbers rebound after the holiday weekend.
PING!!!!!!!!!!
He’s still beating everyone else by HUGE numbers!
Did you read the whole article ?
Bears repeating. There are none so blind as those who will not see the simple truth Trump is speaking in regards to muslims in this country.
Trump takes a few days off, and the government controlled media, talking heads have a hay day...
He’ll be back in FLA. tomorrow, watch out...
GO TRUMP ALL THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE!!!
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