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Title: AP-GfK Poll: Americans overwhelmingly view Trump negatively
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AP
URL Source: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a636 ... elmingly-view-trump-negatively
Published: Apr 8, 2016
Author: Julie Pace & Emily Swanson
Post Date: 2016-04-08 09:16:30 by Tooconservative
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Views: 435
Comments: 7
Seven in 10 people, including close to half of Republican voters, have an unfavorable view of Trump, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. It's an opinion shared by majorities of men and women; young and old; conservatives, moderates and liberals; and whites, Hispanics and blacks — a devastatingly broad indictment of the billionaire businessman. Even in the South, a region where Trump has won GOP primaries decisively, close to 70 percent view him unfavorably. And among whites without a college education, one of Trump's most loyal voting blocs, 55 percent have a negative opinion. Trump still leads the Republican field in delegates and has built a loyal following with a steady share of the Republican primary electorate. But the breadth of his unpopularity raises significant questions about how he could stitch together enough support in the general election to win the White House. It also underscores the trouble he may still face in the Republican race, which appears headed to a contested convention where party insiders would have their say about who will represent the GOP in the fall campaign. "He's at risk of having the nomination denied to him because grass-roots party activists fear he's so widely disliked that he can't possibly win," said Ari Fleischer, a former adviser to President George W. Bush. Beyond their generally negative perception of Trump, large majorities also said they would not describe him as civil, compassionate or likable. On nearly all of these measures, Trump fared worse than his remaining Democratic or Republican rivals. Not that voters have all that much love for those rivals. But their negative perceptions don't match the depth of the distaste for Trump. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is seeking to catch Trump in the Republican delegate count, is viewed unfavorably by 59 percent, while 55 percent have negative views of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Another problem for Trump is that his public perception seems to be getting worse. The number of Americans who view him unfavorably has risen more than 10 percentage points since mid-February, a two-month stretch that has included some of his biggest primary victories but also an array of stumbles that suggested difficulties with his campaign organization and a lack of policy depth. A survey conducted by Gallup in January found Trump's unfavorable rating, then at 60 percent in the their polling, was already at a record high level for any major party nominee in their organization's polling since the 1990's. Candi Edie, a registered Republican from Arroyo Grande, California, is among those whose views on Trump have grown more negative. "At first, I thought he was great. He was bringing out a lot of issues that weren't ever said, they were taboo," Edie said. Now the 64-year-old feels Trump's early comments masked the fact that he's "such a bigot." "I don't know if he's lost it or what," she said. "He's not acting presidential."Trump's unpopularity could provide an opening for Cruz, though he is loathed by many of his Senate colleagues and other party leaders. After a big win Tuesday in Wisconsin, Cruz is angling to overtake Trump at the July GOP convention. Clinton's campaign believes Trump's sky-high unfavorable ratings could offset some questions voters have about her own character, and perhaps even give her a chance to peel off some Republicans who can't stomach a vote for the real estate mogul. Andrew Glaves, a "hard core" Republican from Bothell, Washington, said he might have to side with Clinton if Trump becomes the nominee, even though she's out of step with his views on gun rights, his top election issue. "I'd be willing to take that as opposed to doing so much harm to the country's reputation," said Glaves, 29. More than 60 percent of all registered voters and 31 percent of Republicans said they definitely would not vote for Trump in the general election. One group that is still with him includes those who describe themselves as both Republicans and supporters of the tea party movement. Sixty-eight percent of them have a favorable view. Pennsylvania Republican Robert Paradis plans to vote for Trump in his state's primary this month. The 76-year-old said that while Trump's uneven temperament makes him cringe "all the time," he's hopeful the front-runner's bluntness can shake up Washington. "He's not a politician; he says it the way he feels it," Paradis said. ___ The AP-GfK Poll of 1,076 adults was conducted online March 31-April 4, using a sample drawn from GfK's probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. Respondents were first selected randomly using telephone or mail survey methods and later interviewed online. People selected for KnowledgePanel who didn't otherwise have access to the Internet were provided access at no cost to them. Poster Comment: A big caveat: one thousand adults, not screened as registered voters or likely voters. Still, those are horrible numbers if they're anywhere close to accurate. Cruz's are somewhat better but he still has some chance to change the public's perception of him. With Hitlery and Trump, it's too late to change their reputation much. WASHINGTON (AP) — For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented unpopularity as he tries to overcome recent campaign setbacks.
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#1. To: TooConservative (#0)
Gee, I guess that explains all the votes, delegates he has garnered so far. Plus all the large numbers showing up to his events. Sounds a lot like Julie Pace & Emily Swanson blowing smoke up somebody's ass. And laughingly, there will be some here buy it, hook, line, and sinker. Simply because they are such establishment ass kissers with overwhelming, irrational hatred for Trump. Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Almost any TV reality star like Trump can garner big crowds for most anything. And Trump hasn't won much more than 40% of the GOP voters anywhere. In many states, Trump got the biggest votes ever. But what isn't as well reported is that there was record voting in general and the not-Trump votes were almost always higher than the Trump votes. It only failed to register because the non-Trump vote was split between so many candidates. When we get to the convention, Trump will still only have about 40% of all the votes cast. This is unusual in that the GOP slants its system to produce an early winner and everyone pretty much just fell in line with what IA/NH/SC/FL picked. So nominees arrived at the convention with 60% or more support and without sky-high negatives with the general public. So this year is very different that way. Still, it's just another crappy poll. Maybe they're all crap now.
FWIW, FiveThirtyEight rates this pollster, GfK Group, as an A-.
Yep !! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
There were many votes against Cruz. You must be doing that new math. Cruz only got 43 percent in the state that knows him best. He should quit. We don't need a Canadian ruling over us.
I have noticed one sinister thing about Cruz's strongest base of support, mentioned nowhere else. Cruz's strongest support runs in a straight line from Texas through Oklahoma and Kansas and Colorado and Nebraska and Wyoming and the Dakotas and Montana. What if Cruz is laying the groundwork for an invasion by Canada? No one would expect it. With those states in his pocket, King Canucki (a.k.a. "Ted Cruz") could split America in half with his army of raving papists by driving through the Dakotas all the way to the Texas coast. And the first thing he would do would be to build the Keystone pipeline. Decades back, there was a stupid TV series called Amerika about a Soviet invasion and occupation of America. Starred poor Robert Uhrich, I think. Anyway, SNL made a spoof of it called Amerida about a Canadian invasion of the States. But the Amerida skit isn't available on YouBoob or I'd post a link.
Yikes. The move of favorables to unfavorables and from
" Seven in 10 people, including close to half of Republican voters, have an unfavorable view of Trump, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. "
#2. To: Stoner (#1)
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Gee, I guess that explains all the votes, delegates he has garnered so far. Plus all the large numbers showing up to his events.
#3. To: Stoner (#1)
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#4. To: TooConservative (#2)
" Still, it's just another crappy poll. Maybe they're all crap now. "
#5. To: TooConservative (#2)
#6. To: A K A Stone (#5)
Cruz only got 43 percent in the state that knows him best. He should quit. We don't need a Canadian ruling over us.
#7. To: All (#0)
the would-consider to the never-Trump categories is pretty striking. 
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