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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: rightwingcrazy

Yes........................


21 posted on 05/02/2023 9:16:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: grimalkin

But if they are really trying to prevent him from running, that suggests that they aren’t feeling secure about controlling the vote count. Perhaps there is hope.


22 posted on 05/02/2023 9:17:02 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: tennmountainman
Where’s The Mighty Meatball?

It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor?

23 posted on 05/02/2023 9:17:02 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Red Badger

We must remember that in 2024 there will be another staged reason for the Media-Dem Party to set the country on fire with nationwide rioting, which will naturally be blamed on Trump or Republicans.


24 posted on 05/02/2023 9:17:12 AM PDT by euram (allALL)
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To: Red Badger

RINOs will soon need a new stunt to either split the vote or damage President Trump. Nothing’s been working so far.


25 posted on 05/02/2023 9:17:48 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: Red Badger

This is like the daily Ukraine is winning propaganda.

Yep, Trump is just about to enter the presidency again.


26 posted on 05/02/2023 9:18:11 AM PDT by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Red Badger

“Electoral landslide”

This article is about the GOP primary. Trump has an EV hard ceiling of 232, he is not going to be re-elected President.


27 posted on 05/02/2023 9:20:05 AM PDT by Jim Noble (It is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government)
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To: tennmountainman
Where’s The Mighty Meatball?

On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese.

28 posted on 05/02/2023 9:20:42 AM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: Charlie Murphy
Sure. Whatever. The poll needs to be adjusted for democrap cheating.

Very likely true, but we have supporters of the second place candidate and probably the second place candidate himself who deny that Trump lost because of the cheating.

29 posted on 05/02/2023 9:20:44 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Jim Noble

“This article is about the GOP primary. Trump has an EV hard ceiling of 232, he is not going to be re-elected President.”

THIS. Why is this so hard to understand to some folks? The Electoral math simply is not there.


30 posted on 05/02/2023 9:22:06 AM PDT by Hoboto (I blame Hippies.)
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To: Red Badger

Why are people still living under the illusion we have fair elections?


31 posted on 05/02/2023 9:23:23 AM PDT by Othniel77
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To: Red Badger

Wow! He’s leading by about as much as he was in 2020.


32 posted on 05/02/2023 9:24:32 AM PDT by Ingtar
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To: rightwingcrazy

Pulling off what they did last time will be much harder this time because people are on to their ****. It’s like the idiot criminal coming back to steal from the same house repeatedly. They will get creative, though; we must be alert and ready to push back. One thing about evil is that it is persistent.


33 posted on 05/02/2023 9:25:10 AM PDT by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: Red Badger

The Democrat machine is still in second gear.

Trump may win, but not by a landslide.


34 posted on 05/02/2023 9:25:21 AM PDT by x
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To: All

18 months is a long time for nuclear weapons to get used.

Of course, they will target cities.

NYC would move NY red.

Surprisingly, there is nowhere else a state would flip from a nuclear exchange. At most, Illinois, but Chicago isn’t a high value target.

Houston and the refinery complex along the Gulf coast, to shut off food transport throughout the US . . . those are blue areas of red states. They would not flip.


35 posted on 05/02/2023 9:26:04 AM PDT by Owen
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To: Red Badger

Politics and government should be about who is in the lead at the moment in polls.

Thus, if Trump has a lead over Biden at any moment, he should be president until the next poll has him behind.

And, Trump should lead the republican party if the party’s own polls have him leading all other potential candidates, but, if some other candidate takes the lead, that candidate should take the reigns and lead the party.

It’s a champion of the moment type of competition. Just like car racing and horse racing and Football/Baseball/Basketball/Hockey championships. You take the crown in a year, you’re the leader/champion for that year. So, let’s do it with politics and government. Things might actually improve in the country. ;)


36 posted on 05/02/2023 9:26:18 AM PDT by adorno
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To: CFW

> I bet some democrat suburban housewives will secretly vote for Trump based upon the economy. <

I live in a heavily Democrat region. Most of these Democrats are old-school, JFK Democrats. They believe in hard work, putting their flags out on holidays, etc.

Many of them supported Trump in 2016. Democrats were calling local talk shows and saying things like, “I’m a Democrat. And I’m voting for Trump. We want our factories back.” A Democrat mayor even called in, and said the exact same thing. It was awesome.

But from what I can tell, that support has evaporated. Such is the power of media propaganda. Will Biden’s many missteps bring those folks back? I hope so. But I wouldn’t bet on it.


37 posted on 05/02/2023 9:29:35 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Jim Noble
This article is about the GOP primary. Trump has an EV hard ceiling of 232, he is not going to be re-elected President.

What's amazing is the "head-in-the-sand" belief by DeSanctimonious supporters that DeSantis would do better.

If what you are saying came true, DeSantis wouldn't even break 200.

The voters that only Trump brought into the equation in 2016 and 2020 will not be there for "The Meatball".
38 posted on 05/02/2023 9:31:14 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: SoConPubbie

I stumbled across this video this morning, and I think you will appreciate this young man’s observations about Tucker Carlson and the power of truth: https://www.theepochtimes.com/tucker-carlson-and-the-power-of-truth_5233877.html?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2023-05-02&src_cmp=mb-2023-05-02&utm_medium=email&est=J1CMrmkstYyuIlE%2B%2FFFQ8QzPwTC9zsCTtbnwkp4r7e9QuzaySauLAu%2F0Vh46AjnZCXo%3D


39 posted on 05/02/2023 9:33:20 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (CONS)
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To: Hoboto

wow, what happened to the west?
Mexicans? I’m seriously asking.


40 posted on 05/02/2023 9:34:35 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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