Donald Trump has set himself apart from the crowded Republican presidential field by refusing to back off from his derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants – and a new poll shows that strategy could be working with voters.
Trump leads the GOP pack in this week’s Economist/YouGov poll, with 15 percent of registered Republican voters calling the billionaire-reality TV star their first-choice candidate for 2016. Another 12 percent said Trump was their second choice for the Republican nomination.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) polled 4 points behind Trump with 11 percent each. Wis. Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tied in third place, each with 9 percent.
But despite Trump’s apparent lift among Republican voters, only 7 percent of respondents said they believe it’s likely Trump will be the party’s eventual nominee, while 29 percent said they expected Bush to take the nomination.
YouGov’s polling uses a pre-selected pool of registered voters, with respondents selected at random from that pool.
Of COURSE it’s working with the Base. They LOVE this shit!
It’s when they apologize or try to explain that candidates get into trouble.
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE let this asshole get the nomination!
Too risky. All that needs to happen in early November is someone “exercising their 2nd amendment rights.”
I’d like to see a National poll that shows Trump head-to-head against ANY other candidate.
PollCats…Where would we be without them?
15% is leading, but not enough to say it is working, especially when his supporters don’t think he will be the nominee – it is “safe” to support him now even if you don’t think he should be the nominee.
Took a quick glance at the complete poll results. One thing that really stuck out was Huckabee’s support by age groups. He cleans up in the 65+ bracket, with a 25% share of their responses, but gets only 1% in the 45-64 group. He does mid-to-high single digits in younger groups.
Derpy Donald’s poll numbers: Amurikkka’s racism litmus test.