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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums74% of republican voters think the party should stand behind the sexual assault candidate
74% of republican voters are in the basket of deplorables
Exclusive poll: GOP voters want the party to stand by Trump
A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party's presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately after audio was unearthed Friday that had the GOP nominee crudely bragging about groping women and trying to lure a married woman into an affair.
Overall, fewer than four-in-10 voters -- 39 percent -- think Trump should end his presidential campaign, while only slightly more voters, 45 percent, think he should not drop out.
But voters are largely viewing Trump's comments through their own partisan lens: 70 percent of Democrats say Trump should end his campaign, but just 12 percent of Republicans -- and 13 percent of female Republicans -- agree.
As of now, GOP voters largely want the party to stand behind Trump. Nearly three-quarters of Republican voters, 74 percent, surveyed on Saturday said party officials should continue to support Trump. Only 13 percent think the party shouldnt back him.
A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party's presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately after audio was unearthed Friday that had the GOP nominee crudely bragging about groping women and trying to lure a married woman into an affair.
Overall, fewer than four-in-10 voters -- 39 percent -- think Trump should end his presidential campaign, while only slightly more voters, 45 percent, think he should not drop out.
But voters are largely viewing Trump's comments through their own partisan lens: 70 percent of Democrats say Trump should end his campaign, but just 12 percent of Republicans -- and 13 percent of female Republicans -- agree.
As of now, GOP voters largely want the party to stand behind Trump. Nearly three-quarters of Republican voters, 74 percent, surveyed on Saturday said party officials should continue to support Trump. Only 13 percent think the party shouldnt back him.
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74% of republican voters think the party should stand behind the sexual assault candidate (Original Post)
spanone
Oct 2016
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Stellar
(5,644 posts)1. And that's why Trump voters are called Deplorable! nt
True Dough
(17,301 posts)8. Yes! This is an apt term for them.
Cockroaches would have been an acceptable label as well.
underpants
(182,767 posts)2. Abusive relationship
They are set adrift without their authoritarian leadership
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. 74% of repubiican voters are complete morons.
sarae
(3,284 posts)4. Tells you all you need to know about Rethugs...
spanone
(135,819 posts)5. party before mom, daughter, sister, aunt......etc.
lessens the chance that this trainwreck gets kicked off the tracks before it finishes crashing and burning the Grope Old Party.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)7. Yes, if republican establishment somehow tries to kick Trump off, there will be hell to pay.
Considering vast majority of Trump base still supports him no matter what.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)9. That means 26% of Republicans don't support their candidate.
That is devastating.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)10. Thats why they are deplorable
scum buckets.