Posted on 07/14/2015 1:10:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump is taking hits from Democrats and top Republicans officials for his comments—but the controversy hasn't knocked him from the top of national field among Republican primary voters, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Trump comes in as the first choice of 17 percent of likely GOP primary voters in the latest national poll, conducted by USA Today and Suffolk University. His closest competitor is Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 14 percent. After Bush, it's Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (8 percent), Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas (6 percent), Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida (5 percent), neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (4 percent each), and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (3 percent).
The rest of the candidates, who received less than 2 percent support, include Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and former New York Gov. George Pataki.
The poll also looks at a scenario that national Democrats contemplate with glee: a Trump-Clinton general election, with Hillary Clinton coming out far ahead. In a theoretical matchup, the GOP business tycoon trails Clinton by 17 points, 51 percent to 34 percent.
The poll surveyed 1,000 adults, including 349 likely Republican primary voters, from July 9-12. The general-election numbers have a margin of error or +/- 3 percentage points; the GOP primary numbers have a margin of error of +/- 5.25 percentage points.
Trump has sucked all the oxygen out of the room, it appears.
Why Bush? How many retarded repuicans are there?
Christine busting out.
ANYBODY BUT BUSH or Rubio.
Oh yeah..Dems are scared chitless about Trump.
Suffolk polling the news rooms around the county to bump JeBber.
LoL Carter once led Reagan by 30 percent plus.
No more Clintons.
No more Bushes.
Trump is no Reagan.
Why Scott Walker keeps dropping Marco Rubio’s name as VP
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Who wants Jeb?!?
I don’t believe these numbers at all.
More good news for Cruz.
Among the top 8 only Cruz and Trump are polling better than their RCP averages. That’s true of the just released Monmouth poll as well.
What this tells me is that Trump is leaching votes from virtually every candidate except Cruz.
Cruz supporters are loyal. We stick with our guy.
Have another. Mondale had H.W. Bush by about 20% in January 1988.
Bush 1 was no Reagan.
I think there’s some intersection, too. Lots of it.
And Carly and Jindal. I think we may still be missing some. Oh yeah, Santorum.
Fritz Mondale? You mean Michael Dukakis, right?
One of the things I’ve noticed. Have also remarked that Walker’s slice of the pie is declining. Rubio might have something to do with that. Still too early, but keep on watching and listening. Judgment will come soon enough.
Country Clubbers, amnesty benefactors, Ripon, Rockefeller and Log Cabin Republicans, some local & state pols and etc.
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