Posted on 12/09/2015 1:39:32 PM PST by springwater13
The entire poll was conducted after Trump’s controversial remarks about banning Muslims from entering the United States. His 38% is the highest percentage he has received yet in a Zogby Poll.
• Donald Trump: 38%
• Ben Carson: 13%
• Marco Rubio: 12%
• Ted Cruz: 8%
• Jeb Bush: 7%
• Chris Christie: 4%
• Carly Fiorina: 3%
• Others/Not Sure: 16%
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I’m not convinced people have gathered behind Trump because he’s a shiny object. I do know what you mean. I’m not sure a win in Iowa would mean that much in the overall scheme of things for either man. That’s not sour grapes. I am not sure that past elections have shown Iowa to be key to how future votes will go.
It does seem to me that some of the second tear states are looking good for Trump at this point.
I won’t necessarily be shocked if Ted wins Iowa. Right now I don’t think he will, but that’s my gut guess as opposed to yours, so who knows.
These polls are all over the place, so it will be interesting when the votes actually start being cast.
We’ll see how it goes.
“I am starting to get concerned that Jeb! is still hanging around. I like him at 3% much better than 7%.”
It REALLY helps Trump and Cruz for ALL the RINOs to hang around to the bitter end since they considerately split the RINO vote amongst each other.
At this point I’m more interested in the head to head matchup numbers for Trump and Hillary.
Donald Trump is a broken field runner
His team must know this too because Trump never backs down and now Ted Cruz is doing the same
Well, you got her attention.
LOL, take care Jim. Merry Christmas season to you...
To be sure, I understood your thoughts.
Sorry, but aside from us junkies, it’s Ted who?
Yeah, that things a hoot.
I told him today that he was doing great work. One new person will see it this week and realize what a fraud it is.
Been a long time since I’ve done a Zogby poll.”
I used to get them too, at least once a month and often more frequently. The last one I was asked to do had a lot of questions about the direction of the country, a list of issues which we had to prioritize, questions dealing with LGBT, the educational system, visas, Obamacare, etc. Figured they wouldn’t ask me back after that one and so far I have been right.
The GOPe has been saying this evening that they are not going to honor the voters if Trump wins the primaries.
This is where we are at. They intend to “install” someone else.
If that is true, I will stay home in 2016 because I will not care anymore.
You get the prize because you just nailed it!
That’s the case for me too and I have friends all over the USA. The TRUMP TSUNAMI is washing over the land.
This is where we are at. They intend to “install†someone else.
If that is true, I will stay home in 2016 because I will not care anymore.
If all you say is true, and does happen, the "shooting" revolution will begin!
This is where we are at. They intend to “install†someone else.
If that is true, I will stay home in 2016 because I will not care anymore.
Stay home??? REVOLT!
She ignored talking about any polls on her show tonight. Didn’t like what she they said so she ignored them. She did have to resident Trump haters on to agree with her that Trump is destroying the Republican Party for the next generation or so. She kept reaching under her desk and bringing out a little flask and taking a swig when she thought no one was looking.
You said: “I’m not terribly against Cruz, I just don’t think he’s presidential material. Trump though, is an executive. Something different. And we need just that combination.”
Monty22002 that is my take also. Sen. Cruz is appears to be an honorable man. This election is not his time. Thankfully, Mr. Trump has stepped into the ring. His timing was correct on this election. In 2008, he must have realized that the pendulum would swing to the democrats after 8 years of Bush. In 2012, despite Obama’s failed policies, the electorate was willing to let him have four more years (race probably played a role as well as the democrat shenanigans.)
Earlier Trump flirted with the Reform Party but took one loo and realized that that was not the vehicle to launch his candidacy. It is good that he waited all those years. His time on television no doubt helped his image. There is nothing hidden about his life vis-a-vis the tabloids. It’s all been gone through, talked about and reported.
This election was the time. An failed, out-going democrat president and a weak field of republican candidates. Now there were some possibly good candidates but most are members of the uni-party. Thus Trump surges because he actually talks to real people. Granted, he is a billionaire, but most guys on the street take him as one of them because they think they have known him for so long. They know or perceive that he has big brass ones. Trump sells his brand and folks are okay with that. They expect a certain amount of braggadocio. Some folks like him because while they might disagree with what he says, he isn’t mealy mouth about it. He says it and you can agree or disagree...in other words, up front and the perception of truthfulness. That plays well in Peoria.
Trump may very well win it all because of timing. He might lose it all though, because the GOPe will do everything possible at the convention to make sure and steal away the delegates and give them to Bush/Graham or some such other silly combination of a ticket.
If the GOPe steals the delegates at the convention then everyone will sit home and Hillary will become president. The GOPe will be happy with the 55-45 split of the graft because with Trump they get 0. If Yeb! is lucky enough to win because HIllary is trotted off to jail three days before the election, then the GOPe will joyous with having the winning end of the 55-45 split of the graft. It’s all about who gets to throw the fancy cocktail parties. The vandals are at the gate and the vandals are us...the Uni-party will fight tooth and nail to prevent its loss of $.
You make good points. People like Trump cause he’s been around forever for one. There are Oprah interviews of him in the late 80s where he talked very similar as today and that’s just who he is.
I think he can beat Hillary. Actually, I think he can totally trash her state by state. It’ll be interesting to see him in a 1 on 1 debate setting instead of this ridiculous 10+ GOP debates we have now. There should never have been more than 6 early on, and now we should be down to 4 max.
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