Posted on 02/12/2016 4:59:24 PM PST by Helicondelta
Donald Trump is crushing the Republican field in South Carolina, more than doubling his closest competitor ahead of the primary on Feb. 20, according to a new poll.
Trump laps the field with 34.5 percent support in the South Carolina House Republican Caucus poll, followed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) with 15.5 percent support, former Florida governor Jeb Bush with 13 percent support, and Sen. Marco Rubio with 12.5 percent support.
Trump leads among Republicans of all ideological stripes, winning pluralities of self-identified conservatives, moderates, independents and libertarians.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Depends on the debate...Rubio could surpass Cruz.
Kind of a worst of both worlds situation.
As I have stated before, the polls are all over the map. I still think this one is going to be very close.
He has to be a strong second though. Unless his ‘ground game’ in SC is very good it looks like that’s not gonna happen.
Lindsey’s candidate is in third place; people in SC ultimately when push comes to shove will vote for a Bush, but maybe not this time.
With the Hillary and Bernie brawl going on do you really think South Carolina democrats are going to switch over and vote for Trump?
Give me a break.
I believe Cruz will beat the polls in SC because of his ground game.
Here’s a new ad from the National Organization for Marriage called “Dump Trump.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbOJR42sOAQ&feature=youtu.be
Let me just add a few thoughts to chew on. He could be anywhere in the world he chose to be. He has the means. Mr. Trump chooses NYC. He loves that city. The people know it. He loves this State and is a native son. You know one NY value that many people overlook? We watch out for our own. If we could every year, we'd have a subway series! Go Trump 2016!
If Trump continues appealing to working class whites and wins up to 20% of the black vote, then there could be several surprises in a general election. Plus his appeal to many groups on the immigration and trade issues.
Don’t know what polls you’ve seen, but I’ve seen three today that range from 6-20 percent up for Trump.
Good God I think he will. Lord have mercy. This ass clown in the White House? Just can’t envision it.
Or lose it with other peoples’ money.
Amazing poll. Go Trump.
I agree with what you said, except I don’t think someone as false as Trump can win.
That’s the question I’ve been asking but I just get tons of hate on even questioning “The Donald”.
you mean in the generals? i'm gonna completely step out of my Cruz shoes and be impartial on this statement. I dont see any NYers or NJ dems switching. I just dont Independents, he could definitely win over. but you guys, come on, remember what dms vote for, abortion and free stuff. and gay and transgender rights. there's no dem army coming to the rescue. And we dont need them! if there were that many dems, he would be up 8 on hillary instead of 3. PA, Ohio, Florida, W Virginia? yeah, those he could grab. but please let's not count on CA, NY, and NJ. it's not worth the money, time or ground game.
WV is not a problem and is pretty much "red" these days, if he goes into Coal Country and the Rust Belt with an energy and jobs platform like Reagan then it is not an issue whatsoever. It is VA itself that is a problem. He is far better positioned than Cruz to compete in Virginia, at least in NOVA where Cruz would be seen as the devil himself. SOVA is reliably "red" and will go as we expect. Virginia is difficult, and was lost by McCain and Romney.
The last two cycles have left us with twelve purple states according to most trackers of this kind of electoral data ... OH, PA, MI, WI, NC, IN, VA, FL, NM, NV, IA, CO. This is where the election is decided. Now of those twelve swing states, McCain/Palin picked up Zero and Romney/Ryan picked up just Two ( NC and IN ). I can see almost all of them as competetive with Trump. Interestingly, Trump might actually place a couple of recent "blue" states back into purple territory like NH too. We'll have to see.
I disagree about not "wasting money" in the deep "blue" states. That is GOPe, Rove, McCain and Romney style strategy, doomed to fail. Trump needs to take it right into the heart of the enemy, Doolittle raids on SF, LA, NYC, Chicago, etc. This will draw the enemy (D)ummycrats into defending areas they never have to worry about. These are *expensive* markets and they have limited resources at their disposal this time. Hitting them in their pocketbook here will leave many other areas undefended, and if the RNC had a brain they could capitalize on this by clobbering the (D)ummies in all other offices.
On the surface CA, NY and IL are definite longshots, particularly the first two. I calculate that Trump would need a massive 15% (D) crossover to put my state of NY back into play. However, if a spoiler like Bloomberg is on the ballot, he might just accomplish a miracle here after all.
Lesser crossovers are needed in "blue" NJ, CT, OR, WA, and there is a possibility, a tough but possible one, of flipping one of these. When election night rolls around, if a single "blue" state gets flipped or is real close, then the (D)ummycrat enemy should immediately begin drinking as they are in for a very bad night.
Make sure that you believe everything the presstitute/Demonorat/GOPe crony-corporatist complex tell you about Trump.
Impossible! Cruz already won Iowa. Unless there are 57 states?
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