His popularity is a reflection of how stupid the average American is. I don't know a single person who supports Trump and the majority of the people I know are Republicans or lean right. You want to know what they all have in common? They're successful, educated, well read, keep up on current events and don't watch reality TV. Now I'm not saying all Trump supporters fit the stupid mold, I'm just saying the majority do. I know I sound like a left wing liberal elitist but I can't help how I feel.
Trump is a bum. He can’t win. He will implode.
And yet.
From Jonathan Easely writing at The Hill:
Donald Trump has reached a new high in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
According to a Monmouth University survey released on Thursday, Trump takes 30 percent support nationally, a four-point gain over the same survey from before the first GOP debate.
Ben Carson is a distant second place in the poll, taking 18 percent support. The retired neurosurgeon has risen sharply in the polls over the past month. He was at only 5 percent support in the same poll from early August.
The rest of the Republican field isn’t even in the same ballpark.
Just keep in mind that Obama was elected twice.
And yet.
From Jonathan Easely writing at The Hill:
Donald Trump has reached a new high in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
According to a Monmouth University survey released on Thursday, Trump takes 30 percent support nationally, a four-point gain over the same survey from before the first GOP debate.
Ben Carson is a distant second place in the poll, taking 18 percent support. The retired neurosurgeon has risen sharply in the polls over the past month. He was at only 5 percent support in the same poll from early August.
The rest of the Republican field isn’t even in the same ballpark.
Just keep in mind that Obama was elected twice.
Pretty funny! this Vit guy I caught flat footed ranting about something he knew nothing about. "he turned his dad's
billions into his own billions' his father had built Trump Village in Brooklyn the largest apt. complex in Brooklyn at that
time! Really a big fish in a little pool maybe a millionaire, Don Trump right after college went to Manhatten & struck gold!
I mentioned Bill Ayers who helped forge the career of Vit's favorite person of Kenyan ancestry, born around the same time
as Trump to the Chairman & CEO of Commonwealth Edison, much further up on the totem poll than Trump's father was &
look what destruction he heaped on the country, while Trump used all that was available to him in constructive persuits.
Knocking Trump is a favorite pastime for many in this time period. But do so with some knowledge about what your
alleging.
A review of public polling, extensive interviews with a host of his supporters in two states and a new
private survey that tracks voting records all point to the conclusion that Mr. Trump has built a broad,
demographically and ideologically diverse coalition, constructed around personality, not substance,
that bridges demographic and political divides. In doing so, he has effectively insulated himself from
the consequences of startling statements that might instantly doom rival candidates.
In poll after poll of Republicans, Mr. Trump leads among women, despite having used terms like
“fat pigs” and “disgusting animals” to denigrate some of them. He leads among evangelical Christians,
despite saying he had never had a reason to ask God for forgiveness. He leads among moderates and
college-educated voters, despite a populist and anti-immigrant message thought to resonate most with
conservatives and less-affluent voters. He leads among the most frequent, likely voters, even though his
appeal is greatest among those with little history of voting.
private survey that tracks voting records all point to the conclusion that Mr. Trump has built a broad,
demographically and ideologically diverse coalition, constructed around personality, not substance,
that bridges demographic and political divides. In doing so, he has effectively insulated himself from
the consequences of startling statements that might instantly doom rival candidates.
In poll after poll of Republicans, Mr. Trump leads among women, despite having used terms like
“fat pigs” and “disgusting animals” to denigrate some of them. He leads among evangelical Christians,
despite saying he had never had a reason to ask God for forgiveness. He leads among moderates and
college-educated voters, despite a populist and anti-immigrant message thought to resonate most with
conservatives and less-affluent voters. He leads among the most frequent, likely voters, even though his
appeal is greatest among those with little history of voting.
