Republican Trump Drops 12 Percentage Points In Poll: Reuters/Ipsos
Source: Reuters
U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump's support among Republicans has dropped 12 points in less than a week, marking the real estate mogul's biggest decline since he vaulted to the top of the field in July, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Trump was the favorite of 31 percent of Republicans in a rolling poll in the five days ended on Nov. 27. That was down from a peak of 43 percent registered on Nov. 22.
The dip follows criticism of Trump for comments he made in the aftermath of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more.
Following the attacks, Trump told an NBC News reporter that he would support requiring all Muslims within the United States to be registered to a special database, which his critics have likened to the mandatory registration of Jews in Nazi Germany.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/27/us-election-trump-idUSKBN0TG2AN20151127#Wkfo7dSLWSVxFUj8.97
louis-t
(23,297 posts)No longer prancing around the office singing the praises of the Donald.
PatrickforO
(14,586 posts)His followers seem to be OK with beating up minorities in the streets and at his rallies, but even they have some limits, apparently.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)They can do disabled-people schticks to cheer each other up.
PatrickforO
(14,586 posts)But yeah, we kinda knew Rump would self-destruct. I mean, his whole stump speech has been, "I'm great. I'm gonna build a wall on the Mexican border and charge the Mexican government for it...I'm gonna get lots of good people in there. Stupid people have been running it. I'm great. I'm gonna get great people and make America great again..."
In all seriousness, though, Trump was waking up a sort of neo-Nazi mentality and it was getting scary. He's not out of the race yet, but I'm happy to see him going down. He's WAY to extreme to become president of the US.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)they probably think Trump has gone soft.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)fall.
May it fall even faster and even farther.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)I hear Mickey Mouse is polling well.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)the dumpster. Carson's not doing very well at this point either, so he went to Syria "to speak with the refugees."
The Republican Party outreach campaign to minority voters seems to be under considerable strain these days.
merrily
(45,251 posts)starroute
(12,977 posts)Rubio is tied with Cruz at 8.4% and Kasich is at 4.5%.
The GOP must be looking for a savior right around now.
http://polling.reuters.com/#!poll/TR130/type/smallest/filters/PARTY_ID_:2/dates/20150823-20151127/collapsed/false/spotlight/1
merrily
(45,251 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)I still think it might end up being Mitt again.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)the 47% moocher class, of which I'm a member. The 1%ers don't want that to happen.
lob1
(3,820 posts)He paid zero, as we all suspected.
Proserpina
(2,352 posts)It would do the party good!
Tikki
(14,559 posts)This prediction could change.
Tikki
kiri
(796 posts)I'm Romney; you have my number; I'm sitting by my telephone right now.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Romney in a convention floor fight...
Just pondering.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)dpatbrown
(368 posts)It will be very interesting to see the polls after he reprehensibly mocked the NYT reporter. I can't believe that anyone could vote for him after that. Just a scumbag.
tawadi
(2,110 posts)Look again if you didn't see it. She laughs. Then looks one way and then looks the other. Not sure it it was appropriate to laugh at him. It says a lot about his supporters.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/nov/26/donald-trump-appears-to-mock-disabled-reporter-video
Kennah
(14,304 posts)Quixote1818
(28,961 posts)So he may actually run 3rd party.
Hekate
(90,779 posts)As if Bill Clinton would ever sit down with Trump and give him actual campaign advice. When The Donald implodes all over the place, Bill will no doubt be doing this
Mike Nelson
(9,966 posts)...he is a great representative for the Republicans!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)not to mention, as someone so wisely stated:
Sadly, he could be turning down the same road Reagan took, dementia. His behavior is rather familiar from the neurologist's perspective, I suspect.
Eugene
(61,939 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)K/R
SansACause
(520 posts)He leads the Republican pack at 31%.