Posted on 07/12/2022 6:24:19 AM PDT by devane617
As Donald J. Trump weighs whether to open an unusually early White House campaign, a New York Times/Siena College poll shows that his post-presidential quest to consolidate his support within the Republican Party has instead left him weakened, with nearly half the party’s primary voters seeking someone different for president in 2024 and a significant number vowing to abandon him if he wins the nomination.
By focusing on political payback inside his party instead of tending to wounds opened by his alarming attempts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, Mr. Trump appears to have only deepened fault lines among Republicans during his yearlong revenge tour. A clear majority of primary voters under 35 years old, 64 percent, as well as 65 percent of those with at least a college degree — a leading indicator of political preferences inside the donor class — told pollsters they would vote against Mr. Trump in a presidential primary.
Mr. Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6, 2021, appears to have contributed to the decline in his standing, including among a small but important segment of Republicans who could form the base of his opposition in a potential primary contest. While 75 percent of primary voters said Mr. Trump was “just exercising his right to contest the election,” nearly one in five said he “went so far that he threatened American democracy.”
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10% maybe, not anywhere near half.
They’re just trying to make Trump out as the same as Biden.
O.J. was set up.
Hahhhahahahhahhhahah! Must be a SLOOOOOW news day.
They are liars.
Lies.
FR is a good barometer and there is nothing but support for him here.
More gaslighting from Deep State central.
NT Slimes. My guess is they know Trump is getting support form X Biden voters.
More likely he’s gained more than 10%.
Seriously? You think this drivel is worthy of more than one-seconds consideration?
Do you think the NYTimes has stopped lying to us?
2024———dems get 90 billion votes. 😋
Yep.
Look into the details:
“...primary voters under 35 years old...with at least a college degree..”
Ha! Indoctrinated, late-millennial, snowflakes are the target demographic.
If I was going to vote, and he was the nominee, I would vote for him.
But I prefer DeSantis.
But since the Dems steal elections here in PA, why bother.
DeSantis 2024
I THINK TRUMP HAS GAINED EVEN MORE SUPPORT
They now can see what the phony election results have gotten us
If DJT can’t have the Republican party, the least he can do is shatter it completely and totally. Talk about #winning!
Trump hasn’t announced candidacy for 2024.
His rallies are still going on, but the campaigning hasn’t actually begun.
The primary results (other than Georgia) say differently.
And elections are ACTUAL polls.
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