“This is more than me“, Trump said on CNN’s “State of the Union“, saying the poll results were not surprising. That’s because Donald Trump is ahead in the latest CNN Poll of Republican voters, which came out on Sunday. “People are exhausted of these incompetent politicians in Washington that can’t get anything done”.
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Trump generated a wave of criticism from the rest of the field when he impugned McCain’s war record as a POW last weekend; however, the controversy has not appeared to cost Trump support among the GOP base, and he continues to lead both national and swing state polls.
“I would ask the Republican Party to understand why most major companies are firing Mr. Trump, and I don’t think we should hire him“, the South Carolina Republican said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”.
Overall, 40% of all registered voters expect Bush to grab the party’s nomination, 18% say they think Trump will prevail and 11% see Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker eventually taking the party’s top slot.
It seems like xenophobic invective works when it comes to running for the Republican nomination for president. The poll conducted, July 14 to 21 of 342 potential Republican caucusgoers, had a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
The billionaire real estate developer has sparked outrage from critics, including many of his GOP presidential rivals on statements he has made about illegal immigrants and Republican Sen. McCain was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half year, from October 1967 to March 1973.
A notorious flip-phone devotee, Graham – who said first on “This Week” he has upgraded to an iPhone after Trump announced his cell phone number to the world – said he did have one thing to thank The Donald for. Among that group that see the contest as wide open, Bush has 14% support, while Trump has the backing of 13 percent and Walker stands at 9 percent. The GOP senator stated his case against the reality star hotel mogul, underscoring what he says are the great dangers of continuing to support Trump, the current Republican frontrunner in the polls.
Other New Hampshire numbers: Jeb Bush (14 percent), Scott Walker (12 percent), John Kasich (7 percent), Chris Christie and Ben Carson (6 percent), Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz (5 percent), the polls found. It was conducted between 22-25 July with 1,017 adults, including 898 registered voters. Another 15% say they’d like to see him make an independent run for the presidency.
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