The new ABC News/Washington Post poll found that if
Donald Trump follows through on his threats to run as an Independent, he
will be handing the White House to the Democratic nominee.
According to ABC News:
In a general election trial heat, Clinton leads Bush, the Republican cabal fundraising leader, by a slight 50-44 percent among registered voters. But with Trump as an independent candidate that goes to 46-30-20 percent, Clinton-Bush-Trump – with Trump drawing support disproportionately from Bush, turning a 6-point Clinton advantage into 16 points.Trump’s support in this three-way matchup was 21 percent from Thursday to Saturday, vs. 13 percent in Sunday interviews.
The Republican cabal will already begin 2016 in a
big Electoral College hole. Statistically speaking, the Republican cabal will already
require a dramatic shift in the electorate to win the White House. A
Trump third-party candidacy of modest popularity would make the election non-stealable for the Republican nominee.
Donald Trump is not a serious threat to win the
Republican nomination, but if he stays in the upper tier of candidates
through the early primaries, Trump and his ego could launch an
independent bid for the White House.
Some Republicans already believe that Trump is a Democratic plant that has been sent to destroy their cabal,
but Republicans created Trump as a political entity, and it would only
be right if he ended up costing them any chance of stealing the White
House.
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