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New poll shows Romney speech reinforced Trump support
Hot Air ^ | March 8,2016 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 03/08/2016 7:10:34 AM PST by Hojczyk

. One of the more “establishment” Republicans — the party’s previous presidential nominee — got up last week to denounce the man who has captured the imagination of anti-establishment voters in an effort to derail his candidacy. Did Mitt Romney’s speech have any impact on voter decisions? Indeed it did, according to Morning Consult — it made Donald Trump’s voters more likely to continue supporting him:

Thirty-one percent of GOP voters said they were more likely to vote for Trump, while 20 percent said less likely, and 43 percent said it had no impact either way.

The poll, which was conducted March 4 through March 6, also finds that only five percent of Trump supporters said they are now less likely to vote for Trump. And, of those who voted for Romney in 2012, 30 percent said they were more likely to vote for Trump, compared to 20 percent who said less likely. Nearly half (48 percent) said it wouldn’t affect their vote either way. The results are about what one should have expected. Mitt Romney is well liked within Republican circles, but he’s not beloved — and the voters backing Trump have particular disdain for the way he lost what they saw as a winnable election.

Both Trump and Romney have similar favorability numbers with Republican voters overall, 55/42 and 51/41, and among the general population, 35/61 and 35/51 respectively in both cases. That’s hardly a perch from which Romney can make moral judgments that will stick with voters, even his own; 48% of Romney’s voters in 2012 didn’t get moved at all by his speech, while 30% said it would make them more likely to vote for Trump. Only 20% got moved away from Trump.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: New York; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 2012election; 2016election; backfire; election2012; election2016; gope; massachusetts; mittromney; newyork; romney2016; trump; trump2016; utah
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1 posted on 03/08/2016 7:10:34 AM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk
Anyone outside the GOPe who couldn't have predicted this?

Anyone?

Anyone?

2 posted on 03/08/2016 7:13:30 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Hojczyk

Well of course it helped Trump! Wouldn’t have taken a genius to figure that out!

That’s why it was really a sneaky attack against Ted Cruz!


3 posted on 03/08/2016 7:14:03 AM PST by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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To: The_Victor

Maybe Trump paid him under the table to make the speech. Ya think?


4 posted on 03/08/2016 7:17:03 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Hojczyk

1) Load shell
2) Aim at foot
3) Pull trigger

Repeat as necessary.


5 posted on 03/08/2016 7:17:48 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Hojczyk

I predicted on these pages that Romney’s speech would boost Trumps numbers 5 to 7 points average across all polls. Can’t tell if that is true or not from this info, but either way, Romney v. Trump is a net plus for Trump.


6 posted on 03/08/2016 7:18:22 AM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Hojczyk

Well... duh! When the establishment attacks an anti-establishment candidate expect the anti-establishment vote to be emboldened. Makes sense to me.


7 posted on 03/08/2016 7:18:39 AM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: The_Victor
"Anyone outside the GOPe who couldn't have predicted this?

Anyone?

Anyone?


8 posted on 03/08/2016 7:19:23 AM PST by capt. norm (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat!)
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To: Hojczyk

One must start questioning if the polling companies are part of the strategy against Trump. After the meeting yesterday among McConnell, Ryan, other GOP leaders, Tim Cook - Apple, Elon Musk, Larry Page - Google/Alphabet, etc it is clear Democrats are working among with the GOP to stop Trump.
Are the polls intentionally showing Trump with higher margins in order to enable the narrative that late deciders are breaking for xyz and that his support is falling. Is that why we have one or two polls close to the final margin but the rest with huge .Trump leads? Just a question to ponder.


9 posted on 03/08/2016 7:22:33 AM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: Hojczyk

So, if one follows logic, Trump only won one state, tied another, and only lost two because of Romney’s speech? Won, tied, and lost based on delegates, the only thing that matters.


10 posted on 03/08/2016 7:23:39 AM PST by Ingtar (36.7% del allocated. Trump 31.6%, Cruz 24.7% Rubio 12.5% of req for nomination 3/7)
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Gosh, who could have predicted that?

It is almost as if Romney isn’t a respected and beloved Republican leader.


11 posted on 03/08/2016 7:24:28 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

I believe Romney’s speech certainly had an effect in Louisiana and ME. The other big factor in LA was the size of Cruz’s victory in Texas.


12 posted on 03/08/2016 7:25:00 AM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

I believe Romney’s speech certainly had an effect in Louisiana and ME. The other big factor in LA was the size of Cruz’s victory in Texas.


13 posted on 03/08/2016 7:25:01 AM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: The_Victor

I just heard on Herman Cain’s show that Romney made robo calls to 4 states yesterday. All supporting Rubio. Cain commented on the fact that he lied about supporting Cruz and Kasich to appear as an anti Trump candidate when he is really stealthily supporting the establishment candidate. Wonder what the Cruzers think about him now?


14 posted on 03/08/2016 7:25:02 AM PST by stratboy
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15 posted on 03/08/2016 7:26:16 AM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: georgiarat

It doesn’t matter whether a poll shows a 20 point lead and the candidate wins by 1 point. A win is a win and in winner take all states, it’s a Yuge win.


16 posted on 03/08/2016 7:27:07 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: georgiarat
Are the polls intentionally showing Trump with higher margins in order to enable the narrative that late deciders are breaking for xyz and that his support is falling. Is that why we have one or two polls close to the final margin but the rest with huge .Trump leads? Just a question to ponder.

Been wondering that myself. IMHO, the polls are being manipulated.

I'm off to vote in the ID primary.

17 posted on 03/08/2016 7:28:35 AM PST by SMM48
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To: Hojczyk

Backfire central!


18 posted on 03/08/2016 7:30:18 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Hojczyk

Did anyone else hear Romney say he would run if drafted? After all, he’d have to do it for his ‘country’.

For his COUNTRY? What?! It’s not for your ‘country’, Mitt. It’s for yourself & a lousy bunch of political hacks.

It’s positively bone chilling to think he might actually believe what he says.


19 posted on 03/08/2016 7:31:11 AM PST by jazminerose (o)
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To: Da Bilge Troll
Certain that it helped me to convince my family to support Trump.
Now, I am waiting for a movement to do a recall on Mitch McConnell. He has got to go, did I hear the news story correctly when ole mitch said he would vote for Hillary before he would vote for Trump.
Hope I was dreaming.
20 posted on 03/08/2016 7:32:05 AM PST by DaltonNC
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