Poll: Donald Trump Growing in Popularity Among Conservatives

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I have nothing against Trump. In fact, not being an American i have very little interest in the U.S presidency. But. i have to ask. Does anyone here think Trump throwing his hat into the ring in the up coming election, will be some kind of a God send to the democrats?
 
latin_rite said:
I have nothing against Trump. In fact, not being an American i have very little interest in the U.S presidency. But. i have to ask. Does anyone here think Trump throwing his hat into the ring in the up coming election, will be some kind of a God send to the democrats?
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At this point of the game last cycle, Romney and Guiliani were well ahead of everyone in the polls and they were the first to drop out.
 
Nec5 said:
Trump will continue to gain popularity because the GOP establishment needs to be scrapped. Until that is done, people will have no interest in the Republican party and I wish the Donald good luck. None of the other candidates get into direct specifics or honest speculation about ideas or events. Flush twice.
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There is an upcoming debate in South Carolina featuring some of the Republican maybe candidates. Perhaps that will be specific enough for you. I have heard specific ideas from several of them. We must listen to different sources.
 
latin_rite said:
I have nothing against Trump. In fact, not being an American i have very little interest in the U.S presidency. But. i have to ask. Does anyone here think Trump throwing his hat into the ring in the up coming election, will be some kind of a God send to the democrats?
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Godsend is a bit strong. I don’t think he’s likely to be successful either in the primaries or in the general election. To the extent that he sucks all the media oxygen out of the room for other candidates, they won’t get the exposure needed to develop a following. Only those with a strong following and organization already are likely to survive - probably Romney and one other.

Look at the Democratic race four years ago, where a candidate with high negatives (Hillary) but with money, organization, and especially the power to draw media, was able to starve most of the lesser-known candidates of exposure and nearly win the nomination. It quickly became a two-man race, and at that point it’s hard to predict the effect.

It can be a bruising campaign between the two that leaves the eventual nominee weakened in stature and finances, while the other party’s nominee has a chance to relax, raise money, control his message, and strategize. If the losing candidate is able to maintain a core of devotees who do not care for the mainstream candidate, it can leave the party somewhat divided and drained of vitality (Jesse Jackson, Pat Buchanan; Hillary could have followed this route). Or the battle can be an opportunity for the eventual nominee to hone his message, become a better speaker and campaigner, and take his message to more people than would have been the case otherwise - this is only likely to be helpful with a lesser-known candidate, and I have never seen it happen other than Obama.
 
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