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Trump expands lead, poised for 'electoral landslide'
Washington Examiner ^
| May 2, 2023
| Paul Bedard
Posted on 05/02/2023 9:06:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former President Donald Trump has strengthened his position as the GOP’s leader and is now in his best position yet to win the Republican presidential nomination and beat President Joe Biden in a grudge election next year.
New polling data shared with Secrets on Tuesday morning indicate that Trump has a 41-percentage-point lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who is expected to join the GOP race this month.
And Trump leads Biden 47%-43% in the monthly McLaughlin & Associates national survey.
“President Trump has his best poll results year to date in our poll,” John McLaughlin said.
The pollster said that Trump’s lead over DeSantis in a head-to-head vote has grown from 11 points, 51%-41% in January, to his current 67%-26% lead.
(Graphic courtesy of McLaughin & Associates) And when 15 other GOP challengers were added to the list Republican voters were asked to choose a nominee from, it was Trump out front with his first majority total, 52%, while DeSantis had 16%, former Vice President Mike Pence had 6%, and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley had 4%.
The only other Republican to show growth was Vivek Ramaswamy, who went from zero support last month to 4% in April.
McLaughlin told Secrets that the legal cases facing Trump haven’t hurt him. “Without a doubt, the Biden-Bragg indictment and other persecutions of President Trump have backfired,” he said of the hush-money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and cheered by the White House.
He also said that Trump’s support is strongest among those concerned that Biden has the nation on the wrong track.
(Graphic courtesy of McLaughlin & Associates) “So much for the 2024 reelection announcement bounce for Biden. President Trump's strength comes from the voters who know the country is on the wrong track and is getting worse. They can't replace Joe Biden soon enough with President Trump,” he said.
McLaughlin also said that Trump is doing better in states key to an electoral victory.
“In 2016 and 2020, Trump never led in the national popular vote,” he said. But, he added, “if the election were held today, Trump would beat Biden in the national popular vote, and it would be an electoral landslide for Trump.”
The survey, which was taken as Biden released his reelection campaign video, showed no new strength for the president. His 25% support from Democratic voters in a crowded primary race is exactly where it was in January.
Trump, meanwhile, has seen a gain. In January, 58% of Republican voters wanted to see him run again. In April, it had increased to 65%.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2024; biden; bidenlosing; boom; polls; trump; trump2024
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To: Let's Roll
Read US constitution if you want to know why USA elections are easiest to steal. The constitution stipulates that each state and county is responsible to run elections. There is no clause about in person voting only, nothing about voting only on election day. Each county sets up the process of printing ballots and counting ballots. There is nothing in the constitution to disallow mail-in ballots, sending out un-solicited ballots.
Only hope GOP has to win nationwide election is to surpass the margin of fraud.
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posted on
05/02/2023 4:03:07 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
To: entropy12
“ You mean just like Donald lost to Hillary?”
You are aware that it isn’t 2016 anymore. Right?
To: Gary from Dayton
I am aware it is another presidential election year same as 2016.
My theory why Trump lost in 2020 is not mainly from vote fraud. It was combination of higher vote fraud, Biden hiding in basement wearing burqa which gave people impression he was taking covid more seriously than Trump who said in early 2020 that this covid is just another flu and will die away when summer warm weather arrives, many voters assumed the great economy under Trump would keep rolling on with fewer mean tweets, democrats skillfully exploiting abortion issue bringing more woman voters to vote, and Biden posing as a centrist.
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posted on
05/02/2023 4:23:32 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
To: rightwingcrazy
The malicious persecutions of President Donald Trump are to get President Donald Trump to win the nominations, so that after the conviction or convictions, Secretaries of State in enough States will Keep President Donald Trump off th
e ballot.
Any court case before the 2024 selection will rule that President Donald Trump hasn’t shown harm, and any court case after the November selection will claim that President Donald Trump has no standing and that the case is moot.
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posted on
05/02/2023 4:56:12 PM PDT
by
bIlluminati
(Demonetize the Left. Buy nothing from them. Sell nothing to them. Shun them.)
To: Jane Long
Thanks for posting that, Jane.
MTG is an American treasure.
She’ll make a hell of a president one day.
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posted on
05/02/2023 5:21:34 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: entropy12
The answer to “what is the solution” is, there is no solution under present conditions.
Thanks.
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posted on
05/02/2023 5:32:09 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(It is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government)
To: Red Badger
Trump will win everywhere except the core-blue districts in all the “swing states”. There will be MILLIONS of extra ballots cast by phantom voters from parking lots in places like LasVegas, LA, Philly, Detroit, Portland, Phoenix, Charlotte, SantaFe, Madison... you get the idea. BRILLIANT! /s
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posted on
05/02/2023 5:42:00 PM PDT
by
JJBookman
(Democrats = Party of cheaters)
To: Red Badger
As the business operations of politics and consultants start their income cycle, several polls have been released in the past several days attempting to capture the attention of an increasingly angst riddled population.
Household economics, job losses, wage pressure, destabilized checkbook finance issues and ongoing inflation continue at the forefront of concerns for the majority of voters. In an effort to distract from the core issue(s) of policy, both the Republican and Democrat corporations are trying to divert attention to more favorable social issues. However, after multiple election cycles, a larger portion of the general population has caught on to the game.
The distracting political constructs are not working as well for the RNC and DNC as they used to, but they keep trying.
The CBS/YouGOV poll is one of the larger overall polls that tracks large voter samples over time [DATA HERE].
“Trump looks like a former president who left office popular with his party, and little that’s happened in the ensuing years has changed that. In fact, concerning his recent legal challenges, a majority say one rationale for backing him is showing support during those fights.”
For the well-funded multinational corporate opposition to Trump, generally best personified in their promotion of Ron DeSantis, the problem they cannot overcome is easily identified in the next graphic, “Why are you voting for Trump?”
Keep in mind, this response is roughly two-thirds of all Republican voters. 94% because we have already seen the results, and 94% because he is fighting “for people like me.”
Look at this in terms of what the Republican Party is now. This is the MAGA takeover within the GOP saying, we know Trump can deliver a great outcome for us, and he’s the only one who ever has. There is no GOPe alternative that can fight against those two key points.
94% of the base voters who support Trump, and that’s more than two-thirds of the party, only see Donald Trump as the option. This is a data point that many of us see and hear in our conversations. There is no other America First, economic nationalist in the GOP field other than Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is all alone carrying specific policies that matter most.
This truth is a big deal, and it makes the professionally political efforts to defeat him look silly.
There is only one candidate with a foreign policy and economic policy that aligns with the majority of Republican voters. That candidate is Donald Trump. Both of those key issues are also the priority of independent voters.
All other voting issues have multiple candidate options, but for voters who look at their economic status as a priority, there is only one option, Trump.
In the 538 poll (1,577 registered voters) released today, Donald Trump beats Joe Biden 45 to 42%. Keep in mind that 538 polls generally skew left in favor of Democrats. The same polling shows Ron DeSantis losing a head-to-head matchup against Joe Biden 35 to 40%. President Trump carries a similar 35-point advantage over Ron DeSantis 57/22.
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(R) Trump: 45% (+3)
(D) Biden: 42%
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(D) Biden: 40% (+5)
(R) DeSantis: 35%
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• DeSantis — 22%
• Pence — 6%
• Haley — 4%
• Cheney — 2%
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The McLaughlin poll released yesterday shows a similar outcome. President Trump beats Joe Biden 47 to 43%, and President Trump is crushing Ron DeSantis in the primary 52 to 16%.
Again, just like Ted Cruz in 2016, as more people are exposed to Ron DeSantis, his support drops. This is an outcome of several factors, including the extreme control mechanisms used by the multinational corporations and billionaire donors to present an alternative. However, it’s a worsening problem when you start digging into the details of what the candidates claim as their reason for being an alternative.
The DeSantis numbers will continue dropping in national polling; although, as a result of the scale of money launched in support of him, you will see his face everywhere that is controlled by that same corporate money. Additionally, the influencers who enlisted with DeSantis are trying to retain the illusion of RdS support through an astroturf campaign. Once the money dries up, their efforts will diminish.
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump has strengthened his position as the GOP’s leader and is now in his best position yet to win the Republican presidential nomination and beat President Joe Biden in a grudge election next year.
New polling data shared with Secrets on Tuesday morning indicate that Trump has a 41-percentage-point lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who is expected to join the GOP race this month.
And Trump leads Biden 47%-43% in the monthly McLaughlin & Associates national survey.
“President Trump has his best poll results year to date in our poll,” John McLaughlin said.
The only other Republican to show growth was Vivek Ramaswamy, who went from zero support last month to 4% in April. (more)
A note of caution should be applied here….
Despite the will of the voters, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) is almost certain to oppose President Trump at a state level. The RGA will only support a non-Trump alternative, like Ron DeSantis. The RGA is deeply connected to the same multinational and billionaire donors who are funding DeSantis in an effort to control the election outcome.
Do not look for Republican governors to pay attention to the Republican voters in their states. Once a politician enters the sphere of donor class influence at state or federal level, they are subject to the influence of those donors.
There is a great MAGA insurgency taking place at the state level, and that is also visible in the endorsements. However, the systems – not people, systems – which operate the business end of Republican politics at a state and federal level, are still under the control of the RNC as a private corporation. Don’t look for MAGA support from the institutions until we have MAGA people in charge of them.
2024 is MAGA burning the ships behind us. This one is for all the marbles. This is not a place where tepid half-measures and gentlemanly pastels will suffice. Get right with God, put on the armor, absorb the focus of fighting like the third monkey on the ramp to Noah’s ark, and get comfortable being uncomfortable.
Our ally is anyone who stands beside us, right now. Our enemy is anyone who doesn’t.
The new sons and daughters of the revolution are going to look completely different. The Green Dragon Tavern may be a church, a picnic table or a tailgate. The assembly is not focused on the labels of the assembled. We ain’t got time for that. The mission is the purpose… The fight is wherever it surfaces…. Delicate sensibilities dispatched like a feather in a hurricane.
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posted on
05/02/2023 5:57:48 PM PDT
by
Bratch
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