Trump Expands His Lead After GOP Debate

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Trump Expands His Lead After GOP Debate


http://politicalwire.com/2015/08/10/trump-expands-his-lead-after-gop-debate/

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A new Morning Consult poll finds Donald Trump’s lead over the Republican field grew in the several days after his performance at the first GOP presidential debate.

Trump leads with 32% — up 7 percentage points over last week’s poll — followed by Jeb Bush at 11%, Ben Carson at 9%, Scott Walker at 6% and Marco Rubio at 6%.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Trump leading with 24%, followed by Jeb Bush at 12%, No other candidate earned more than 8%.



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[wendylaroux]

1. Ha!!!!!

has something backfired for the repubs????

[RKP5637]

2. No surprises. Trump IMO is the ideal Republican candidate. He embodies all the stand for, more than

they want to admit.

[applegrove]

3. Yes. Fox news and talk radio have prepped the base for selfishness to be seen as a virtue. Trump

embodies that.

[Katashi_itto]

4. Go trump!

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. What Trump supporters are really thinking — in their own words

This weekend a fascinating reddit thread opened a window into the minds of a certain type of Trump supporter. In the popular AskReddit section of the site, a Redditor asked Trump supporters to explain what they saw in the guy. And they did -- the thread has generated nearly 13,000 comments so far. Here's what some of them said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/08/10/what-trump-supporters-are-really-thinking-in-their-own-words/

[applegrove]

7. Wow. He's woken up people. I guess he gets through the noise machine and people like that.

[damnedifIknow]

6. Must be his magic mullet

[SunSeeker]

8. LOL. Trump is Fox's Frankenstein. And now Fox can't kill him.

I thought that debate would kill off Trump. But I wasn't thinking like a Fox viewer.