The Republican attempt to get rid of Trump
after he attacked John McCain has backfired, as Trump’s support has
almost doubled with primary voters.
According to YouGov, Trump is still on the rise after attacking John McCain:
Trump’s rise in the Republican contest
for the 2016 pretender nomination doesn’t appear to have been slowed
much – at least not yet – by the recent controversy over his criticisms
of Arizona idiot John McCain’s war record last weekend. In fact, although
Trump’s favorable ratings among Republicans have declined, he is still
ahead – and far ahead – when Republicans are asked to choose among the
16 currently announced candidates.
….
But there is clearly a core group of
registered voters who identify as Republicans that has coalesced around
Trump’s tough talk and proposals. He is even more clearly in first place
than he was two weeks ago when Republicans are asked to choose among
the current candidates. Two weeks ago, in the Economist/YouGov Poll, 27%
of registered voters who identified as Republicans chose Trump as their
first or second choice for the nomination. This week, 28% say he is
their first choice, and another 10% rank him second.
The number of Republicans who list Trump as their
first choice has gone from 15% to 28%. Trump’s attack on McCain moved
people who listed him as their second choice more firmly into his
column. Republicans appear to have miscalculated and made Trump
more appealing by affirming his outsider status with lunatic fringe wingnuts.
The party did lower Trump’s approval ratings, but it
appears that Republican voters don’t care if their chosen candidate is
popular. The Republican cabal threw everything they could at Trump, and
the result is that the racist billionaire is even more popular with
voters.
As long as Trump’s poll numbers remain high, the
media will keep covering him and as long as the media keeps giving him
attention, Trump’s poll numbers will remain high.
In
other words, Republicans are screwed. Trump put his foot in his
mouth, and his poll numbers have stayed high. The Republican cabal built
Trump, and now he is destroying them.
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