Did Rove say that with his white board?! My God man! Do you know what that means? HIS WHITE BOARD KNOWS ALL!
Posted on 01/08/2016 6:22:38 AM PST by Amntn
Belief among Republicans that Donald Trump will be the next GOP presidential nominee now ties its highest level ever, and among all likely voters, more than ever agree.
The first Rasmussen Reports Trump Change national telephone survey of the new year finds that 74% of Likely Republican Voters think the billionaire businessman is likely to be their nominee in 2016, with 31% who say it is Very Likely. Just 23% disagree, and that includes only 11% who say it is Not At All Likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Among all likely voters, 61% now say Trump is likely to be the official Republican presidential candidate, with 24% who think it is Very Likely.
Because of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, this is our first Trump Change survey since mid-December. At that time, 66% of GOP voters said Trump is likely to win the nomination, with 27% who said it is Very Likely. Among all voters, 55% thought Trump is likely to be the nominee, including 21% who felt it is Very Likely.
Overall belief among GOP voters that Trump will be the eventual nominee hit a high of 74% in late October after running in the 50s for most weeks since Rasmussen Reports began the weekly Trump Change feature in mid-August. Following the terrorist attacks in Paris in November, this belief climbed into the 60s.
Belief among all voters that Trump is the likely nominee has ranged from 45% to 57% since August.
Trump remains tied with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical 2016 matchup.
The survey of 1,000 Likely U.S. Voters was conducted on January 6-7, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Seventy-one percent (71%) of Republicans are looking forward to this year's presidential contest. Among Democrats, 50% are looking forward to the race, but nearly as many (44%) have had enough of it already.
Age-wise, middle-aged voters are the strongest believers that Trump will win the GOP nomination. Men are slightly more confident in that outcome than women are, but the gap between the two is narrowing.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of white voters think Trump is likely to be the nominee, a view shared by 42% of blacks and 49% of other minority voters.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of unaffiliated voters see Trump as the likely candidate. Democrats are evenly divided.
Among voters who Strongly Approve of the job President Obama is doing, just 37% think Trump is likely to win the Republican nomination. Among those who Strongly Disapprove of the president's job performance, 79% see Trump as the likely nominee.
In mid-December following the most recent GOP debate, Trump still held a double-digit lead over his closest competitor, Senator Ted Cruz, in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. His voters also are by far the least likely to say they're going to change their minds between now and when their state primary is held.
When Hillary Clinton recently criticized Trump as "a sexist," he countered by saying she had long been protecting a sexual abuser of women, referring to her husband's history of extramarital affairs including one with White House intern Monica Lewinsky which led to his impeachment. This exchange came just before Bill Clinton began campaigning for his wife. Just 36% of all voters now think the former president will help his wife's run for the presidency, down from 54% two years ago.
Most voters here still don't care too much for Russian President Vladimir Putin but don't think Putin's recent praise of Trump will hurt the latter's bid for the presidency. At the same time, voters agree with Trump that the deteriorating relationship between the United States and Russia is not good for America.
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If Trump comes in #2 in Iowa (with Ted Cruz at #1) and nuber 1 in new Hampshire (with Cruz at #2) it looks like a set up for a Trumpnado in the South.
If Trump wins Iowa it’s over.
Trump remains tied with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical 2016 matchup.
That’s impossible, Karl Rove and a whole host of others say that he can’t possibly beat Clinton.
I’m a Trump/Cruz advocate and wish Trump would stop pushing Cruz’ immigration issue. Trump needs Cruz for four years before he turns the reins over to Ted in 2017. :-)
Go Trump!
I agree with your assessment. Cruz may pull out Iowa but Trump will run the rest of the table. He has NH, SC and the SEC locked up and running ahead in Fla after that its pretty much in the bag.
Did Rove say that with his white board?! My God man! Do you know what that means? HIS WHITE BOARD KNOWS ALL!
I agree. There are still 23 days left before the caucuses. In that time, Fox News has two shots at taking Trump down. One is next week, maybe the 14th, and the other is the 28th. The 28th features Kelly, Baier and Wallace again. They will attempt to create something that will be hard to spin in just 3 days.
I have no doubt they will try to take him and Cruz both down. Zero doubt.
Both of them might be best to say, “That question is purely political, and it means you want to be up here debating....or your handlers do. So I’ll just outline my basic plans instead of engaging in a debate with moderators who are supposed to be neutral.”
Trump isnt pushing it. He responded to a question about it. Bet your bottom dollar it would have been brought up by the Dems the moment either Cruz was named as a VP candidate or became the nominee. It’s much better to air it out now and settle the issue, the best that it can.
Yup. Then he needs to figure out how to rectify the Cruz immigration question so that he can name him as his running mate.
Better to get a clear decision NOW than wait for the general.
If Cruz chooses to NOT get legal clarification, the Dem/Commie party will make it an issue and distraction in the general.
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People have very short memories.
By the time of the convention Trump can get legal authorities to “convince” him that Cruz is eligible.
I agree it would have been brought up later, by the dems in October (surprise). Nolte had a great piece on this yesterday on Breitbart. Regardless, I had the impression that Trump was doubling down on the topic (as he’s typically know to do).
I can probably name them.
I think we will start seeing Trump positioning for these debates in the next week or so.
You know he is going to be out front warning people what to expect.
11% who say it is Not At All Likely.
I can probably name them.
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