[dynoman]

Trump’s new convention manager speaks out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IivP2Q12nnQ

“Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s new convention manager, says he reports directly to Donald Trump and is confident that Trump will have clinched the GOP’s nomination before the convention.”

“Ted Cruz has seen his better days.”

[Popman]

66 % seems like a bogus number...

[JPJones]

“The real takeaway here is just how many Trumpers say they’re willing to stick with the party this fall even if Trump gets shafted in Cleveland. I never would have guessed it’s as high as 66 percent.”

It’s not. This poll is bogus nonsense.

[Lurkinanloomin]

If Trump gets shafted at the convention, look for Kamikaze Voters taking out Republicans everywhere.

[moehoward]

“..however grudgingly, to line up for Cruz and beat Hillary.”

If Cruz had 100% of the GOP, and he will not get close. Hillary would beat him like the rented mule he is.

Vote Cruz. Hillary thanks you.

[Yashcheritsiy]

So essentially what this is saying is that Trump supporters are more loyal and have better character than do Cruz supporters.

Already knew that.

[HarleyLady27]

THIS Trump woman supporter will not vote for anyone but TRUMP!!!

[Nita Nupress]

Oh, please. This psyops crap is really getting old. Now we’re going to be seeing all kinds of polls for umpteen weeks, all trying to create a group-think meme so Trump people will fall on the sword ONCE AGAIN and vote GOPe.

Ain’t. Gonna. Happen. The GOP Establishment just haven’t accepted it yet. And they probably won’t until they see the blood in the streets of Cleveland. And if not then, maybe when GOP politicians up for reelection see their voting base stay home in November.

Are we having fun yet?

[txrefugee]

And 34% would not, roughly the same number as Cruz supporters who would not vote for Trump.

[glock rocks]

I’ll vote for a ‘59 Buick over socialist SCB Hillary.

[Will88]

Another speculative, mostly pointless poll at this time. What happens at a convention where Trump is not the nominee, and how it happens and how it affects his supporters, will be the big determinate in how many support a convention picked nominee.

Pretty useless speculation about events that only might happen in the future.

[BobL]

I’ll make my call regarding Trump real-time, after assessing both Trump and the people that deny him the nomination. Trump, after nearly a year, finally worried me with the question regarding criminal charges for women having abortions - not because of what he said, but because he seemed unable to simply NOT try to answer it, which would be the right answer, as there is no need to have a possible on a potential law, when it is not even under consideration anywhere in the country.

Should we get to the point where Congress is moving in that direction, it would still make sense to duck the question, until the law is actually passed, as the specific text of the law would have a big effect on how the president treats it...or at least should.

[tbw2]

Because ANY Republican is better than ANY Democrat, and another election of staying home because you don’t like the Republican nominee is a guarantee for Obama’s third term.

[rockinqsranch]

That’s 66

That’s 66% that wouldn’t vote for a damned Democrat should Trump get the shaft by the party. Smart folks.

5

[heights]

And 33% of Republicans WON”T. Cruz, not having crossover appeal, needs every Republican vote. If he manages to STEAL the nomination on the second ballot, will go on to lose and lose in a spectacular fashion.

[jetson]

I don’t think the GOP understands that it is not the party the Trump voters are voting for.

[LS]

Go ahead. Test that theory.

Oh, and it’s not just Republicans who won’t vote: it’s about 2 million first timers or indies ir Dems who won’t vote for anyone else.

That brings your total to 5 million, or more than stayed home in 2012.

[af_vet_1981]

By Chris Kahn

(Reuters) - A third of Republican voters who support Donald Trump could turn their backs on their party in November's presidential election if he is denied the nomination in a contested convention, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The results are bad news for Trump's rivals as well as party elites opposed to the real estate billionaire, suggesting that an alternative Republican nominee for the Nov. 8 presidential race would have a tougher road against the Democrats.

"If it’s a close election, this is devastating news" for the Republicans, said Donald Green, an expert on election turnout at Columbia University.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted March 30 to April 8 asked Trump’s Republican supporters two questions: if Trump wins the most delegates in the primaries but loses the nomination, what would they do on Election Day, and how would it impact their relationship with the Republican Party?

Sixty-six percent said they would vote for the candidate who eventually wins the nomination, while the remaining third were split between a number of alternatives such as not voting, supporting a third-party candidate, and switching parties and voting for the Democratic nominee.

[thoughtomator]

If a third of Trump voters don’t vote GOP, the GOP has no chance to win.

Ron Paul voters alone sitting out in 2012 were more than enough to make the difference in a number of battleground states, which - had these voters been given something to vote for - would have changed the result of the election. The GOP’s cynical institution of the “Ron Paul Rule” - which had no effect other than to prevent his delegates from giving him the honor of having his name placed into nomination, knowing the result was predetermined - singlehandedly lost the election.

Likewise, anti-globalist Trump voters would have nothing to vote for with a typical GOP nominee, making that an election-losing move.

The GOP has two real choices right now: Trump or lose. All other suggested potential outcomes are pure fantasy.

[Rockitz]

If only it were that high among Cruz supporters.