Posted on 02/11/2016 9:14:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
They like and are planning to vote for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). But most Republicans surveyed in a new focus group in South Carolina, the next state to vote in the GOP primary race, saw a Trump victory in the state as "inevitable." The focus group, conducted by Bloomberg Politics and the firm Purple Strategies, gave evidence of some of Trump's potential weaknesses in Southern states. The nominating contest will shift heavily there in the coming weeks, with South Carolina voting February 20 and many of the so-called SEC primary states voting March 1.
The voters in the focus group shared concerns about Trump's religiosity and his supposed crassness.
None of the 10 voters who participated believed Trump to be a religious person. Most raised their hands when Bloomberg's Mark Halperin asked whether they were troubled by that.
Halperin then played clips in which Trump used or mimicked profanity in numerous stump speeches. One woman buried her face in her hands.
"It's crass," she said. "It's not how you want your president to present" himself, she said.
Trump was not pleased that Halperin showed the group one example in which he mouthed the profanity:
.@MarkHalperin showed a focus group on @Morning_Joe me using a very bad word. I never said the word, left an open blank. Please apologize!
-- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2016
Still, while all but one voter picked Cruz over Trump for their personal votes, the vast majority expected Trump to come out on top in next week's South Carolina primary.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
My point wasn’t so much about how conservative he is, more that the ‘perception’ itself is irrelevant here - and you could certainly poke plenty of holes in that respect of any of the candidates - the perfect pure conservative doesn’t actually exist, never has and possibly never will - at least on the electoral stage.
You are easily one of the more intelligent and more logical Cruzers. I wish more were like you!
Well you might be pleased to know I’m actually for Trump! And very strongly so, from day 1!
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