Minorities
line up behind ... Donald Trump, New poll shows billionaire solidifying support, by Bob
Unruh, 12/28/15, WND Editor’s
Note: This is another in a series of reports on the polling by Clout Research, a
national opinion research firm in Columbus, Ohio, for WND.com.
Pundits might point to billionaire Donald Trump’s huge lead
in the GOP presidential primary race as being the result of his generally
anti-Washington, anti-government, anti-establishment, anti-politically correct
attitude. If so, it’s not just whites who are ticked at the bureaucracy, but
minorities too.
Because a new poll, which still has Trump leading the race,
shows 40 percent of blacks are lining up behind Trump, as are 45 percent of
Hispanics, and even nearly 19 percent of Asians. Blacks and Hispanics, in fact,
even support Trump at a higher level than whites.
The results are from a new WND/Clout
poll by Clout Research, a national opinion research firm in Columbus, Ohio. The
telephone survey of registered voters was taken Dec. 18-27, except for the
holiday, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.35 percentage points.
Only Dr. Ben Carson pulled more support from the black
community than Trump, at 50 percent, and no one had more support from Hispanics
than Trump. Among Asians, 37.5 percent supported Sen. Marco Rubio, with Sen.
Ted Cruz matching Trump’s 18.8 percent.
Among whites, Trump was far and away the leader, with 37.7
percent of the respondents. Cruz was second at 25.1 percent.
The rankings put Trump in the No. 1 slot, Cruz second at
23.3 percent, Rubio third at 10.1, Carson fourth at 9.4 percent, and Jeb Bush
fifth at six percent.
Explained Fritz Wenzel, chief of Clout Polling, “The
Republican presidential primary preference nationally remains unchanged through
the Christmas holiday and heading into the New Year, as Donald Trump continues
to lead by double digits.
“The newish development of Sen. Ted Cruz rising and now
solidifying his top-tier stature is likely going to remain for the coming weeks
before the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. But the rise of Cruz
signals nothing new in this race, as voters continue to voice their complete
dissatisfaction with the GOP establishment. Cruz merely supplanted Carson as a
more conservative outsider alternative to Trump.”
He said a key will be whether Republicans, whose divisions
have been opened by Trump’s brash criticism of the establishment and refusal to
go along, can come together.
“There really is just one more act to come and question to
be answered before the nomination is sealed: ‘Will the establishment coalesce
behind one moderate candidate and mount a serious challenge, or will they remain
divided and be conquered?’” Wenzel said.
“For this challenge to develop, three of four candidates –
Bush, Rubio, Kasich and Christie – would have to step aside, and given the
stakes involved, it is hard to imagine that happening in time to make a difference.
The clock has now become a serious factor in this race.”
He said moderates like Trump, with a sizable chunk also
favoring Marco Rubio, while conservatives favor Cruz.
“Cruz does so badly among moderates that it is hard to make
a case for him as the consensus candidate. Trump’s ability at this stage of the
game to gain solid support among all demographic groups makes him a significant
favorite to win the nomination. It is interesting to note that there is a
significant gender gap inside the race for the GOP nomination – as Trump wins
only 29 percent support among men but wins 47 percent support among women who
will be voting in the GOP primary elections. Among conservative women voting in
the GOP primaries, Trump wins 53 percent support,” Wenzel reported.
The survey shows Trump collecting nearly 40 percent of the
GOP support, but also 31 percent of the independents and even 26-plus percent
of the Democrats.
While Ohio Gov. John Kasich gets 31 percent of the Democrats
who responded to the poll, most other candidates share tiny fractions. Only
Cruz was event close to Trump, with 21 percent of the Democrats, 24 percent of
the GOP and 21 percent of the independents.
It showed Trump dominates among those voters who think of
themselves as very liberal or liberal, with 60 percent and 40 percent support,
respectively. But he’s no slouch among the moderate and conservatives either,
with support higher than 41 percent in each group. The rest of the support was
splintered among the candidates.
The question: “If you were voting today in your state’s
primary or caucus election for the Republican nomination for president, and the
candidates were, in alphabetical order, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie,
Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, for whom
would you vote?”
Among men and women, Trump also had far and away leads, with
30 percent of the men and more than 46 percent of the women. Only Cruz was
within sight, with about 23 percent of support from each group.
Trump dominated, too, among the religious categories,
getting 40 percent support from Protestants, 30 percent from Catholics, 40
percent of Jews and more. Trump also dominated among the age groups as well as
across all geographic regions in the country
See the results:
http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/minorities-line-up-behind-donald-trump/
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