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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts) Wed Aug 26, 2015, 02:45 AM Aug 2015

Reuters Poll: Trump's Lead Grows as Support for Bush Slides

Source: Newsweek

Republican Jeb Bush's support is slipping in the race for the party's presidential nomination, and front-runner Donald Trump has opened a 20-point lead over his closest rivals, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed on Tuesday.

Republican backing for Bush dipped from 16 percent to 8 percent in the last five days, the online poll found, as the former Florida governor feuded with Trump over immigration policy and defended his use of the term "anchor babies" to describe U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.

Trump's support remained largely unchanged over the last week at about 30 percent, well ahead of the 17-strong pack seeking to represent the Republican Party in the November 2016 presidential election.

Bush fell into a third-place tie with retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson in the poll, and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee moved into second place with 10 percent.

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-leads-jeb-bush-365832

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Reuters Poll: Trump's Lead Grows as Support for Bush Slides (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2015 OP

Trump is actually making Jeb Bush look better (by comparison) for purposes of the general election. SunSeeker Aug 2015 #1

I think we are seeing JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #2

40% or so of republicans support self- or mass-deportation so I think Trump has room to grow pampango Aug 2015 #3

Trump is Hillary's best ally for an easy slide into the White House OhWiseOne Aug 2015 #4

Unbelievable Obama Legacy Aug 2015 #5

Yeah, to save them from themselves! It's not working... Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #6

trump is going to win the repug nomination unless they do something to stop him samsingh Aug 2015 #7

Yass! cyberswede Aug 2015 #8

Trump vs Clinton itsrobert Aug 2015 #9

SunSeeker

(51,740 posts)

1. Trump is actually making Jeb Bush look better (by comparison) for purposes of the general election.

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 03:20 AM

Aug 2015

Jeb has been doing better in the national polling against Dem candidates. Bush's problem is that he'll never see that general election if Trump wins the nomination.

Trump has been just bashing Jeb. Trump's insults of Bush have been silly, but they have been effective with the GOP base.

JustAnotherGen

(31,924 posts)

2. I think we are seeing

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 05:14 AM

Aug 2015

Who and What the Republican base is right now. Trump is proof positive that this country is filled with people who only respond to the vulgar, the ugly, and the cruel.

pampango

(24,692 posts)

3. 40% or so of republicans support self- or mass-deportation so I think Trump has room to grow

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 05:27 AM

Aug 2015

his support within the GOP. Of course a majority, even of republicans, support a path to legal status - either legal residency or citizenship - so it will be interesting to see if his GOP support can go beyond that 40%.

OhWiseOne

(74 posts)

4. Trump is Hillary's best ally for an easy slide into the White House

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 08:58 AM

Aug 2015

Yep

Obama Legacy

(13 posts)

5. Unbelievable

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 09:09 AM

Aug 2015

That this guy is winning so big right now. Its scary and a sad state of affairs that the right has resorted to depending on him to save them. Pathetic.