Hmm, as far as seeing a politician and thinking wow this is the guy and it isn't even close then yeah I agree. Also I just didn't know there was a candidate like that, if I saw that speech and other statements by him earlier (or knew about his background) then I would've been on the train earlier.
Trump’s lead grows after GOP debate to 32 percent, now ahead by more than 20 points.
If you’re a Trump-lover, one word: Yuge.
If you’re having trouble reading the graph, that’s Trump with 32 percent (up from 25 last week), Jeb Bush with 11, Ben Carson with nine, and Scott Walker and Marco Rubio tied with six. Is that result plausible, something we should expect other polls this week to replicate? Well, you tell me. Trump did have double-digit leads in several pre-debate polls last week — 11 points, specifically, according to CBS, Fox, and Bloomberg and even bigger leads in some others (14 points in Monmouth and 16 points in Rasmussen).
A 21-point lead now wouldn’t be an unfathomable jump from those starting points, especially given the size of the debate’s audience. Likewise, Morning Consult detected some modest upward movement here for Carly Fiorina, rising from one percent last week to three percent now along with a sharp spike in her favorable rating. That’s the sort of thing you’d expect an accurate poll to capture given the consensus view that Fiorina’s performance was the biggest standout on Thursday night.
On the other hand, the whole reason Team Trump did so much grumbling on Thursday night was that they thought Megyn Kelly poisoned the TV audience against him by confronting him with things he’d said about women. As Greg Gutfeld put it afterward, Trump’s boasts about having clearly won the debate notwithstanding, “which team lost?
the one complaining about the refs.” Could be that even Trump’s own campaign misjudged how effective he was at the debate, but a decisive win to the tune of seven more points in the polls would be … surprising. Then again, if you’re one of the people who thinks polls are still mostly about name recognition at this point, it’s not surprising at all.
If there are nine random people on a stage plus a guy who’s been nationally famous for 30 years, the famous guy is apt to stand out in people’s minds afterward.
More polls to come later this week, hopefully even later today. Stand by.
If you’re a Trump-lover, one word: Yuge.
If you’re having trouble reading the graph, that’s Trump with 32 percent (up from 25 last week), Jeb Bush with 11, Ben Carson with nine, and Scott Walker and Marco Rubio tied with six. Is that result plausible, something we should expect other polls this week to replicate? Well, you tell me. Trump did have double-digit leads in several pre-debate polls last week — 11 points, specifically, according to CBS, Fox, and Bloomberg and even bigger leads in some others (14 points in Monmouth and 16 points in Rasmussen).
A 21-point lead now wouldn’t be an unfathomable jump from those starting points, especially given the size of the debate’s audience. Likewise, Morning Consult detected some modest upward movement here for Carly Fiorina, rising from one percent last week to three percent now along with a sharp spike in her favorable rating. That’s the sort of thing you’d expect an accurate poll to capture given the consensus view that Fiorina’s performance was the biggest standout on Thursday night.
On the other hand, the whole reason Team Trump did so much grumbling on Thursday night was that they thought Megyn Kelly poisoned the TV audience against him by confronting him with things he’d said about women. As Greg Gutfeld put it afterward, Trump’s boasts about having clearly won the debate notwithstanding, “which team lost?
the one complaining about the refs.” Could be that even Trump’s own campaign misjudged how effective he was at the debate, but a decisive win to the tune of seven more points in the polls would be … surprising. Then again, if you’re one of the people who thinks polls are still mostly about name recognition at this point, it’s not surprising at all.
If there are nine random people on a stage plus a guy who’s been nationally famous for 30 years, the famous guy is apt to stand out in people’s minds afterward.
More polls to come later this week, hopefully even later today. Stand by.
24 Million Watch GOP Debate on Fox News; Most-Watched Cable News Program Ever
I wonder who they tuned in to watch...Of course the Donald
Last year`s debate drew 5 million viewers.
I wonder who they tuned in to watch...Of course the Donald
Last year`s debate drew 5 million viewers.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/18/satur...-inviting-donald-trump-to-host-again-5446934/
WILL HOST SNL
<header>[h=1]Saturday Night Live deserves the criticism for inviting Donald Trump to host again[/h]
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Hanna Flint for Metro.co.ukSunday 18 Oct 2015 4:31 pm
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This week it was announced that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is going to be hosting Saturday Night Live.
It will mark the second time Trump has hosted the late night sketch show, having first done so in 2004 when he was merely a businessman and reality TV show personality rather than a serious candidate in the Republican primaries.
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WILL HOST SNL
<header>[h=1]Saturday Night Live deserves the criticism for inviting Donald Trump to host again[/h]
opinionHanna Flint for Metro.co.ukSunday 18 Oct 2015 4:31 pm
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This week it was announced that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is going to be hosting Saturday Night Live.
It will mark the second time Trump has hosted the late night sketch show, having first done so in 2004 when he was merely a businessman and reality TV show personality rather than a serious candidate in the Republican primaries.
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Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/18/satur...ld-trump-to-host-again-5446934/#ixzz3oxOhvOEu
