Washington – Republican Trump Drops 12 Percentage Points In New Poll

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    U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at an event at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, November 24, 2015.  REUTERS/Randall HillWashington – 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.

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    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.

    Trump has also been criticized for flailing his arms and distorting his speech as he mocked a New York Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski, who is disabled.

    Trump mocked the reporter as he defended his unsubstantiated assertion that during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, he watched on television as “thousands and thousands” of people in New Jersey cheered while the World Trade Center fell.

    Still, Trump is not the only front-runner to slide in the latest survey.

    Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has seen his poll numbers drift downward and now trails Trump by more than half, with just 15 percent of Republicans polled saying they would vote for him in the same Nov. 27 poll. As recently as late October, Carson trailed Trump by only six points.

    Following Carson, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Texas Senator Ted Cruz are tied for third place, with more than 8 percent each.

    Following Rubio and Cruz was former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, with 7 percent.

    The five-day rolling average sample size ranged from 464 to 347 respondents between Nov. 22 and Nov. 27, with a credibility interval of 5.2 to 6.1 percentage points.

    For more on the 2016 U.S. presidential race and to learn about the undecided voters who determine elections, visit the Reuters website. (http://www.reuters.com/election2016/the-undecided/)


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    hashomer
    hashomer
    8 years ago

    This world class hater bases his campaign on the hates of his supporters, insulting and attacking the ‘other’. 1933-1945 Jews were the ‘other’. And it started with exterminating the most vulnerable, the handicapped of Deutschland. Before 1933 hitler was also dismissed as a crank who ‘spoke his mind’. Achtung ! Trump.

    bewhiskered
    bewhiskered
    8 years ago

    Well, well. The Trump novelty seems to wearing off at long last. Even The GOP, which their own Bobby Jindal has called the ‘stupid party,’ has had enough of this pathetic racist, mysoginist, bigoted blowhard, which tells you what a joke this Trump truly is. Of course, Trump’s uber ego will have a problem with this slide in the polls, and he will inevitably wind up referring to Republicans as idiots (as he did with Iowans), which is not far from the truth. For all of you Trump zombies who have been forecasting that Trump will be the next President, I hope you enjoy eating crow.

    8 years ago

    Trump’s worst enemy is that mouth of his! If he could somehow keep it under control, he might get the Republican nomination. Otherwise, he will blow his chances. One would think that his useless advisers would caution him about his volatile temperament. In this case, there is absolutely no doubt that he was mocking the physical disability of the NY Times reporter.

    Mark Levin
    Mark Levin
    8 years ago

    NBC is still stuck on what he NEVER said about yishmaelim ym’sh.

    8 years ago

    Know why libs are so terrified of Trump that they spend all their time trying to belittle him? Because they know what he says and stands for resonates with the (normal) American people! No more left-leaning pathetic liberals have done nothing but ruin our great country!

    8 years ago

    GOOD !!!!!!!!!! RUBIO is the NEXT PRESIDENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Frish
    Frish
    8 years ago

    Regardless if he wins or not he brought out the true colors of the insane Libs. And gave them a run for the money