David_42
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Carson, fiorina, and trump are all nutters.. God help the GOP.
This post-debate poll will horrify the GOP establishment
This post-debate poll will horrify the GOP establishment
There are sixteen major candidates for the Republican nomination for president. All but three of them have been United States senators or state governors at some point in their careers. The other three, according to a Morning Consult poll of people who watched the 11 leading contenders debate this past Wednesday, are leading the race.
(Morning Consult)
A couple of big caveats: this is Morning Consult's first campaign season and it isn't yet a proven pollster, and the people who watched the Republican debates may not represent the party's primary electorate as a whole. But when you consider that this is a poll of Republicans (and independents who plan to vote in Republican primaries) who are engaged enough to watch an early debate — who one would think are the most engaged voters out there — it gets even more worrisome for the establishment.
Here are four terrible signs for the GOP establishment in the poll, and one good one: