Posted on 04/07/2016 7:03:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An Associated Press-GfK Poll released Thursday finds Donald Trump’s “unfavorable” numbers are nearing 70 percent. The AP reports:
Seven in 10 people, including close to half of Republican voters, have an unfavorable view of Trump, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. It’s an opinion shared by majorities of men and women; young and old; conservatives, moderates and liberals; and whites, Hispanics and blacks — a devastatingly broad indictment of the billionaire businessman.
Even in the South, a region where Trump has won GOP primaries decisively, close to 70 percent view him unfavorably. And among whites without a college education, one of Trump’s most loyal voting blocs, 55 percent have a negative opinion.
It’s worth noting that none of the top candidates are above water in this poll. Ted Cruz is at 26-59 and Hillary Clinton is at 40-55. Still, Trump has the highest negatives and those numbers seem to have shifted some time in the last month:
As you can see, Trump’s unfavorable numbers have been hovering in the high 50s since last July. Again, that’s roughly where Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton are now. But the current poll shows a 13 point jump in the “very unfavorable” numbers as well as a 6 point drop in the total favorable numbers. Not surprisingly, the number of people who say they would not vote for Trump also jumped upward in this poll:
What’s not clear is why Trump’s unfavorable numbers are peaking at this moment. Yes, he had a bad week in the media but when hasn’t he had a bad week in the media? It seemed for months that none of his comments or Twitter attacks could damage him, but the poll suggests something has changed recently. Was it the attack on Ted Cruz’s wife that was a bridge too far? Was it his comments on abortion last week? Without knowing what it is that did the damage how can he try to recover?
Respondents to the AP poll even rated Ted Cruz more honest than Trump. Asked if the word “honest” described each candidate, 56 percent said it did not at all describe Trump compared to 36 percent who said the same for Cruz. Trump has taken to calling Cruz “Lyin’ Ted” in public appearances for the past several weeks.
The good news for Trump is that he appears to be crushing both of his rivals in New York, with a Monmouth poll this week showing him breaking 50 percent. A convincing win in his home state could help rally his supporters and maybe give him a chance to turn some of these unfavorable numbers around before the convention.
And Taya Kyle says vote for Cruz.
I would hope so...It would be a shame for the RNC and Cruz and his GOPe to spend scores of millions of dollars to relentlessly attack Trump, their own leading candidate, without having some success...
Damn the torpedos! Full speed ahead!
HaHa...Show us the post by your mom that prompted Donald(?) to respond to her in such a negative way...
Cruz is creepy, sneaky and despised. Three out of three.
No doubt the stop Trump movement is having an effect with tens of millions of dollars being used by various Rep PACs to flood the media market with the anti-Trump message. And the MSM and the Dems are joining in. No one can remain unscathed given the resources dedicated to stop Trump. What is remarkable is how unwavering his supporters are despite this barrage.
Ted Cruz said something similar.
“The amendment that I introduced removed the path to citizenship, but it did not change the underlying work permit from the Gang of Eight,” he said during a recent visit to El Paso. Mr. Cruz also noted that he had not called for deportation or, as Mitt Romney famously advocated, self-deportation.
Mr. Cruz said recent polling indicated that people outside Washington support some reform, including legal status without citizenship. He said he was against naturalization because it rewarded lawbreakers and was unfair to legal immigrants. It also perpetuates illegal crossings, he added.
Besides barring citizenship while instituting some level of legalization for those here already, Mr. Cruz has proposed increasing the number of green cards awarded annually, to 1.35 million from 675,000. He also wants to eliminate the per-country limit that he said left applicants from countries like Mexico, China and India hamstrung when they tried to gain legal entry to this country.
I accept that immigration is the primary issue on many posters' plates. Mine happens to be limited government. And on that issue, Ted Cruz proves to be the best choice, hands down. As for immigration, I am having trouble reconciling a tough immigration stance with Trump's (and his son's) statement about expediting the return of illegals.
Again, thanks for posting.
Have an IBM Think! poster on your wall?
You should read Trump's Immigration position paper There is no mention of expedited return of illegal aliens. I take Trump's comment on return with a grain of salt. He said they must come back legally, which is hard to do if you follow existing law. The vast majority of illegal aliens have committed multiple crimes in addition to entering the country illegally--a misdemeanor.
I have worked on the immigration issue for nine years lobbying on the Hill for a grassroots immigration group. Trump is far stronger on immigration than Cruz who has changed his positions only recently after seeing the resonance Trump was having with the issue. There is a reason why Jeff Sessions endorsed Trump over Cruz.
Cruz put out finally an immigration position paper months after Trump's. However, in terms of legal immigration, Cruz has said he would not "increase" legal immigration while Trump wants to return it to historic levels, i.e., 200,000 a year from the current 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants a year.
In 1970 one in 21 was foreign born; today it is less than one in 8, the highest in 105 years, and within a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest in our history. We are being colonized by the Third World. Immigrants vote more than two to one De,. They will make the Dems the permanent majority party.
I didn’t think the sarcasm tag was necessary.
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