Posted on 08/09/2015 11:10:51 AM PDT by Red Steel
The survey, conducted Friday and Saturday, finds Donald Trump holding his lead with 23 percent support among Republican primary voters. This is consistent with a Gravis Marketing poll taken after the debate, where 19 percent of Republicans said Trump won the debate.
The Gravis poll found that more Republicans, 22 percent, felt Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and political rookie, won the debate. In the NBC poll, Carson surged into third place in the nomination contest, earning 11 percent support.
Texas Senator Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was the second choice in the NBC Poll, receiving support from 13 percent of Republican voters. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina was fourth, with 11 percent, following her widely recognized domination of the “undercard” debate earlier Thursday evening.
The exact breakdown and percentage of the first seven spots in the NBC poll are: Trump (23), Cruz (13), Carson (11), Fiorina (8), Rubio (8), Bush (7) and Walker (7).
In other words, the highest poll ranking of a candidate acceptable to the Republicans in D.C. is Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), in fifth place with just 8 percent. This is stunning considering the obvious attacks on Trump by Fox moderators, ...
In the post-debate analysis, Fox News roundly criticized Trump and heaped praise on Rubio and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a former Fox News anchor.
Obviously the NBC News poll is the first of many post-debate polls and the nomination contest is still in its very early days. Trump created a silly controversy for himself with an attack on Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly over the weekend, which isn’t factored into this poll’s results.
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On Saturday, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who is inexplicably also running for President, said Donald Trump was “inflicting permanent damage on the GOP.” He wants him booted
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I have thought it meant “establishment”, myself...
I never liked her. She’s affected, smarmy, giggly like a little girl and has an ego bigger than Trump.
I’m pretty sure it was originally establishment, but I think over the years some Freepers have forgotten what it meant and have instead inserted their own words into the “E” that make sense to them. lol
E for "Establishment". Ya see the GOP has had to rename itself, so there is something for everyone.
They have the GOP, GOPe, the RINO's, The Tea Party section of the GOP and on and on.
They do this so they can hang onto their dwindling membership.
fiorina is OUT!
Trump/Cruz.
Trumps retires/resigns after a few years to enjoy the rest of his life and Cruz finishes the job. :)
Except fiorina. She’s out.
Establishment GOP, Rockefeller Republicans, Country Clubbers, Golfers with Guns, etc.
This poll has no meaning until the lesser known cats (Kasich, Jindal, Perry, Santorum) start to fall off the wagon.
E stands for , “Establishment”
There is nothing elite about them.
I still like her. I wasn’t sure there for awhile, but I think over all she is on our side.
Megyn is a twit... a lawyer that could’nt argue her way out of paper bag..
A reporter that’s a news reader.. reading copy..
A woman along the lines of Hellary Clinton, Margarete Sanger, Maxine Waters..
The Bernie Sanders of Fox News.. or Eleanor Holmes Norton..
Basically a Traitor.. like: Bill O’Really...
Well we know that Frank Luntz stacked his group to get his predetermined outcome.
Fiorina is out trashing Trump. Carson is not ready to be President, so is not VP material. Trump and Cruz are The team.
Gee I wonder where Franky Lutz is today?
“Comment from source:
Fox kicked The Donald in the balls. What they forgot is that his are made of iron.”
LOL! That is one of the funniest True comments I’ve read in a while.
Trump won’t be selecting Carly as a VP choice after her rants against him. Cruz should get the nod. Carson in the cabinet.
Have we EVER seen a ‘top 3’ as good as this? No Bush! No Krispy! No shamnesty wonderboy!
Hey, Rove... where are your guys? Oh, they’re way back. hahahah
Her personality has changed. I’ve wondered if she is using cocaine. She sure has the nostrils for it.
Linda Gayham is on the wagon to crazytown already. What’s he polling? A few stray cats in New Mexico!
Variations of the smae theme: gop east, gop establisment, gop elites. I don’t use the term much. I prefer “uniparty scum.”
bump
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