Trump Helps Democrats As 9% Of Michigan GOP Will Vote For Clinton If Trump Wins

[MrWendel]

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/07/trump-helps-democrats-9-michigan-gop-vote-clinton-trump-wins.html

By Jason Easley

A poll of Michigan Republicans contained some devastating news for the GOP. If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, 9% of Republican voters will vote for Hillary Clinton in November.



A poll of Michigan Republicans contained some devastating news for the GOP. If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, 9% of Republican voters will vote for Hillary Clinton in November.

According to the new Monmouth University Poll, “If Trump emerges as the GOP nominee, 7-in-10 Michigan Republican primary voters (71%) say they would get behind him in a general election against Hillary Clinton. However, 9% would actually vote for Clinton. While the following responses were not offered in the poll question itself, 4% volunteer that they would vote 3rd party, 9% say they would not vote at all, and 7% are not sure what they would do.

There isn’t a single state that President Obama carried in 2012 that Donald Trump will be able to flip to the Republican column in 2016. The idea that Trump is any way electable is a myth that is being pushed by the mainstream press and Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton is getting more than Trump. Most of the increase in Republican turnout is coming from Republicans who are trying to stop Trump from winning his party’s nomination.

Contrary to what he states during his speeches, Donald Trump is not a uniter who will bring the Republican Party together. The truth is that Trump could push somewhere in the neighborhood of 10% of Republicans to cross over and vote for Hillary Clinton. A Trump nomination will cause many other Republican voters to stay home.

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[stonecutter357]

1. K&R!

[tanyev]

2. I wonder if a 2016 victory will be even sweeter for Hillary than if she'd been the nominee in 2008.

She's been on the receiving end of so much GOP crap for decades, and now a significant number of them would rather vote for her than their own nominee? LOL.

[Thinkingabout]

3. It's looking like Trump or Cruz, in fact if my only choices was these two

I would have to go with Trump. Cruz is terrible. But either of these candidates can be beaten.

[SharonClark]

4. K&R

[jsmirman]

5. Spoke with a Michigan friend last night who said his Repub parents

are voting for Hillary if it's Trump on their side.

[Fla Dem]

6. I think any sane right of center Republican will either vote for HRC or not vote.

I just don't think rational people will vote for either a Trump or Cruz ballot. This pretty much matches the Quinnipiac National poll I posted yesterday that showed 8% of Republicans and 31% of independents have a favorable opinion of Hillary. Come election day if Trump or Cruz are the candidate, they'll either vote for HRC or not vote. (I hope)

Polls post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110766063

[sufrommich]

7. My mom and dad have a friend who's been a republican

his whole adult life who said the same exact thing. Needless to say,they were surprised.