Number of Republicans who say they support Trump over GOP rises: poll

News.yahoo.com ^ | 8/22/22 | Brad Dress

[cotton1706]

Republicans who support former President Trump more than they support the GOP climbed to 41 percent in August, up 7 points from May when 34 percent said they supported Trump more than the party, according to an NBC News poll released Sunday.

A slim majority of Republicans, or 50 percent, say they support the party more than they do Trump, the poll finds. But that’s down from 58 percent in May.

The former president continues to wield immense influence over the Republican Party. He has heavily influenced the defeat of eight out of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, either by pressuring them to resign or backing primary challengers.

The most high-profile loss came last week, when Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), arguably his fiercest critic in the GOP, was defeated by more than 40 points from a Trump-endorsed challenger.

Trump saw Republicans rally behind him this month yet again after the FBI searched his home in connection to an investigation into whether he violated the Espionage Act, among other statutes, by taking classified documents home with him upon leaving the White House.

Republicans decried the unprecedented search of a former president’s home, calling it a politically motivated witch hunt.

Trump is also fending off a congressional investigation into the Capitol riot, which the panel of lawmakers has claimed was incited by the former president after he failed to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Most Americans, or 57 percent, say the investigations into Trump should continue, according to the NBC News poll.

[cotton1706]

They must be pulling their hair out when they read these stories and polls.

[JoSixChip]

Most Americans, or 57 percent, say the investigations into Trump should continue

Complete BS!

[Theophilous Meatyard III]

Still waiting for what they were looking for and what they found. I mean specifically.

[Caipirabob]

Basic political survival instincts. This is President Trump keeping the Party for the people.

[Jim Noble]

The key to the entire situation is not how many Republicans support Trump, it’s how many Democrats support him.

[AnthonySoprano]

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We need an Investigation into why Mitch’s Picks are turning into Turtles!

[Observator]

Can we just rename it the America First party now?

[OKSooner]

It’s Yahoo.

[MayflowerMadam]

“MAGA Party” is what I’d vote for.

[Chode]

[MayflowerMadam]

“Most Americans, or 57 percent, say the investigations into Trump should continue”

I call BS on that. It doesn’t line up with many other polls out there.

[BigEdLB]

It's an NBC poll. Cut that number in half.

As to the generic. Pollsters are probably getting a lot of hangups from Magas, fewer if its Trafalgar or Rasmussen, but even they get hangups. The Generic is about +8 to +10 right now if I had my guess and it will grow. Of course the fraudsters will continue to try to fix stuff, but if our poll and dropbox observers are dilligent we can stop most of that. In the end, I see it as finishing +14 to +15 R

[MayflowerMadam]

LOL. That pic is a riot. She does look like a turtle.

[max americana]

Yahoo has the biggest pool of Anti Trump reporters on staff, far exceeding CNN.

They have a quota: 1 pro-Trump article, then 20 anti-Trump stories starting tomorrow.

[max americana]

if it’s NBC POLLING, then it’s complete BS. The numbers are way higher.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Trump wants to end the illegal alien inundation.

The GOP has been assisting the Democrats to keep it going, going so far as to assist them to cheat Trump out of office.

Most sane people who want to keep their country would side with Trump.

[Observator]

Trump wants to end the illegal alien inundation. The GOP has been assisting the Democrats to keep it going, going so far as to assist them to cheat Trump out of office.

That's really what it comes down to. Most R/D politicians are in the pocket of one immigration lobby or the other. Pharma / Ag / IT / etc.

I think President Trump has a different perspective because he's a self-made man, and runs a family business that is not dependent on cheap labor (it's all about intellectual capitol).

Even if President Trump's business interests required unskilled labor, he'd hire only real Americans, and pay them accordingly.

[frank ballenger]

It's an NBC poll. Cut that number in half.

Pollsters went to the NBC staff picnic behind the building and got a lot of cooperation from them. Eager to give their opinions.

[gibsonguy]

The source is Yahoo so yes it is BS.

[Seaplaner]

I'm for the "Traditional Republican Party"