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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:16 PM Aug 2015

25% Popularity.Trump’s Maximum With Base..

Seriously.. Can you imagine the limitless joy we will experience when Trump begins his inevitable collapse.

The Shit which will be coming out of his mouth...My God..
Donald is one sick puppy..who has really fucked up the Republican Primary Season..Other candidates just can’t figure how to handle him..Ignoring him only makes matters worse..

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/08/trumpmentum-has-been-losing-steam-ever-debate



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randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. I want the world to look at what a large portion of our country believes. I want it on the record
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:20 PM
Aug 2015

A. hate Women and consider them to be judged on their looks

B. hate anyone who is not white and hetersexual

C. hate anyone who is educated or not from Murika




This is the platform of the GOP.

This is NOT an exaggeration.

I want the world to know this.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
11. I try to imagine what people in places like Tokyo, Paris, London,
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 01:26 PM
Aug 2015

Shanghai, Seoul, Rome, Moscow, istanbul, Calcutta, Rio, and other world cities think when they look at the Klown Kar.

They must swing between puzzlement, fits of laughing, and sheer, pants-loading terror.

Can't say I blame them a bit.

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)
2. No, it's only 25% because there are 17 people in the race...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:22 PM
Aug 2015

Trump embodies all of the base Republican ideas.


Only 25% of the party identify as moderates...
Evangelicals = 30%
Tea Party = 22%

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2013/07/23/poll-shows-republicans-divided-by-tea-party-evangelicals-and-moderates

I seem to remember Trump leading two of those three groups, so 25% is not his ceiling

As people drop out, he will pick-up more voters from two of the three biggest factions.

PeteSelman

(1,508 posts)
4. I love what he's doing.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:28 PM
Aug 2015

I want him to stay in all the way to the convention. And then when they jerk him off, he'll run third party.

I won't be happy if he leaves.

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
16. A brokered convention is what I've been expecting!
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:10 PM
Aug 2015

I still expect him to arrive at the convention with a strong lead; but, not enough to win on the first ballot. By the second ballot, expect delegates to converge on one or two establishment candidates, probably Bush and Walker. By the third ballot, I expect that Scott Walker will win the nomination, meaning that the Koch Brothers will effectively be in charge of the GOP.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
7. I agree. Add the support for Walker, Cruz and Fiorina and that's attainable for him at a minimum.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:54 PM
Aug 2015

Possibly even a good portion of Huckabee's support Trump can get.

The only folks for sure he can't get are Rand's and Jeb's. And right now that's not a lot of folks.

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)
13. 40-55 if enough bail out of the race...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 01:59 PM
Aug 2015

I think Cruz and Trump have made a delegate agreement between them..., so there is also that.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
17. He’ll cary this momentum until he doesn’t.......
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 03:32 PM
Aug 2015

He’s really crazy.. Someone or something will piss him off and he won’t be able to control himself.

He just won’t survive..He might not even want to...

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
9. When he runs as an independent it will REALLY get interesting...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 01:09 PM
Aug 2015

So, I realize it varies, but are most state electors bound to vote for a candidate that gets 34% of the vote, or only if a candidate get's over 50% ?

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
10. Knock out the second-tier klowns
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 01:21 PM
Aug 2015

who are getting 3-5% or less and I think it's a lot closer to 35-38%.

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
14. IDK because yesterday, a poll in NC had Donald trumping Jeb in a two-way race
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:03 PM
Aug 2015

which can be seen here so I think Trump may be the nominee

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