Despite Trump’s lead, 29 percent of Republicans still told Quinnipiac they would “definitely not support” him. But Bush, Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen.
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Trump has doubled down on his support for gun rights following a mass shooting at an Oregon community college earlier this month that left 10 dead. Likewise, the party isn’t hearing much from the Trump campaign.
Hertzberg continued by saying that he agrees with many of Trump’s policies, but he doesn’t agree with Trump as a person.
Myriam Witcher now finds herself in the vast minority as one of a dwindling number of Latinos to be publicly showing their support for Trump’s run for the Oval Office. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson comes in second, with 16 percent. Biden beats Rubio 46 – 41 percent and thumps Trump 49 – 38 percent. “A debate between the two of them would break all the records in terms of (television) viewership”, West said.
Trump dismissed a Dickerson question about a poll that shows Trump is viewed favorably by only 28 percent of voters in a general election.
Donald Trump is in the presidential race to stay. No other candidate tops 3 percent and 12 percent are undecided. Many voters overall don’t have an opinion of these three contenders. “I think we probably work together much more so than right now”. The last time a president was elected without winning at least two of these three states was John F. Kennedy in 1960.
Jesse Hertzberg, sophomore business management major, said he feels Trump has run a good campaign so far.
“His daughter told my daughter that he had tried to call me and I didn’t get the message”, he answered.
But Donald Trump is seen as the strongest leader: Eighty-four percent think Trump has strong qualities of leadership, compared to 72 percent for Carson and 60 percent for Fiorina.
Donald Trump’s continued dominance of the Republican presidential field has confounded many top pollsters and analysts since he soared to the top of the field in July.
“One advantage of having no political history is that you can define yourself however you want”, Roebuck said.
Voters are increasingly turning their attention to the presidential campaign.
“We stand up for feminism and immigrants”, said Park, as Trump fans jeered and a few minutes before they were escorted from the building.
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The poll’s worst news belonged to Bush, who is underwater with the Republican electorate, with 32% viewing him favorably compared to 38% unfavorably.
