CNN Political Director David Chalian says “What’s going on is total Donald Trump dominance over the Republican field”.
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GOP strategists are beginning to get ready for a painful fight for the presidential nomination, with establishment Republicans still insisting that while Donald Trump has continued his stronghold on the national polls, he will not become the Republican candidate.
In particular, Trump is a runaway choice of GOP voters surveyed who do not have college degrees, his support rising above 40 percent. Ted Cruz scoring 16%, Ben Carson, the former neurosurgeon at 14%, and Sen.
Candidate Marco Rubio criticized his rival on stage at the Thursday event.
The other candidates all have the support of less than 5 percent of GOP voters, with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush falling to 3 percent from 8 percent. Mike Huckabee and John Kasich have 2 percent support and Rand Paul garnered 1 percent.
In the aftermath of last month’s Paris terrorist attacks perpetrated by ISIS, Trump has doubled down on widely disputed claims that he saw thousands celebrating in New Jersey in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. But Carson’s support tumbled amid questions about his knowledge of foreign policy and a renewed focus on national-security issues. “At the time the poll was done, the race in the Republican primary was between Trump and Carson”. Cruz was second with 73 percent, while Rubio followed with 70 percent. Majorities of Republicans allege Trump is the ideal candidate to handle the economy & the federal finances.
The survey of 445 Republican or Republican-leaning registered voters was conducted November 27th through December 1st and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
List also said a Trump victory will cause long-term damages to the Republican Party.
The poll shows Trump leading by 20 points.
As for which candidate would have the best chance of winning the General Election, 52% say Trump, compared with 15% for Rubio, 11% for Cruz and 10% for Carson.
An Israeli official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed off on Friday remarks by USA presidential candidate Donald Trump to a Jewish audience that some commentators perceived as potentially anti-Semitic.
Trump stands tallest among Republican voters who consider an issue to be “extremely important”.
The real-estate mogul was once a prominent “birther” who questioned whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States and is a Christian, and he seemed to revert to that position in a brief mention of Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
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Among Republicans, however, 53 percent deportation – and two third of those support Trump.
