In an article with Mint Press News, Republican political consultant Nathan Wurtzel (who is Jewish) pointed out that “there are a lot of folks who are, to be charitable, into white identity politics, and to be uncharitable are outright racists, who are supporting Trump”.
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Politico reports that the GOP presidential candidate from Texas “blasted” the president’s refusal to acknowledge radical Islamic terrorism in stating, “When the president says the Islamic State isn’t Islamic, that’s just nutty”. Only 15 percent believe that Rubio will become the next U.S. President, and 11 percent trust Cruz for that one.
Digging a little deeper into the CNN/ORC research accounts for some of this by pointing out that Trump’s support seems divided between the less-educated and the wealthy, with 40 percent support from voters who earn less than $50,000 and 33 percent from voters who earn more.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio was in fourth place, getting the nod of 12 percent of those surveyed. Rand Paul. Since last month’s poll, the three are down by an average of six points with Carson suffering the steepest slide at eight points.
When Trump stated that a Black Lives Matter demonstrator at a Birmingham rally for the POTUS candidate should’ve been “roughed up a bit”, people condemned the Don, but his lead in the polls didn’t drop a point.
The poll found that 36 percent of registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents support Trump, up from 27 percent in a poll conducted in October.
Regardless of his relationship with donors, Trump’s comments mark a sharp contrast from his Republican rivals who pledged unconditional allegiance to Israel. Among those GOP voters who hold college degrees, the race is a close contest between the top four contenders, with Cruz slightly in front at 22%, Carson and Rubio tied at 19% and Trump at 18%.
Donald Trump is giving his supporters the hard sell.
The poll shows Trump leading by 20 points.
37 percent said Trump could best handle the responsibilities of being commander-in-chief, more than twice his nearest competitor. About half say such an effort would be harmful to the economy (47%), while about 3 in 10 say it would help (29%).
During remarks at the Republican Jewish Coalition, the NY real-estate mogul wondered why President Barack Obama won’t use those words.
Even more say such a mass deportation wouldn’t be possible (81 per cent).
Following the shooting rampage in San Bernardino, Democrats forcefully demanded a tightening of the country’s gun laws, laying blame on a culture that allows even people who are not permitted to board airplanes to buy guns easily.
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The CNN/ORB poll interviewed 445 Republicans and has a margin of error of plus/minus 4.5 percent.
