Republicans overwhelmingly still think Trump should run

Since Trump's indictment,

• Two in 3 Republican voters say Trump should run for president, nearly unchanged from a Morning Consult survey conducted in early March.
• Among the overall electorate, 58% say Trump should shut down his campaign, including 60% of independents and 84% of Democrats.
• Trump’s own fueling of speculation about his indictment earlier this month before he was indicted did nothing to shake his status as the GOP’s presidential front-runner, and he continued to poll close to President Joe Biden in a hypothetical general-election matchup, according to Morning Consult’s 2024 GOP Primary Tracker. .

How Voters Are Reacting to Donald Trump's Indictment (morningconsult.com)

Interesting, what do you think he should do?

 

Sad to see the party fall that far. Hopefully they can find something to salvage in the next few months.

 

I can’t answer with any of those choices. I don’t want Trump to get the nomination, but I would not want him to drop out because of this indictment. A political indictment should not be used to determine who gets to run for president.

This is one of the reasons why I view Asa Hutchinson’s presidential campaign as “dead on arrival.” He immediately called for Trump to drop out of the race because of the indictment. A rogue DA and a kangaroo court should not control presidential politics. In addition Hutchinson is my age, that’s too old to be president.

 

If he wants to run, then so be it. Let the voters decide who should win in the primaries and then the general.

 

This is the way we used to do things. What the hell happened to this country?

 

The education system. The communists who were student leaders in the 1960s became the professors, and the cancer spread from there.

 

Radicals teaching our children. What could go wrong?

 

Election interference. The democrats are going to take the guess work out of elections. Even though Zuckerburgs name is out of it, other lower key dark money is operating in much the same way - "helping". It is called "The Center for Tech and Civic Life". It is probably subing off a new name for '24, but it is the same old game in a different wrapper: infrastructure, education, equipment... maybe dinners out, money on the floor, ballots "cured" en masse, etc.
It is beyond me why we as a country have lost so much energy we can't even administer our own elections.

 

Trump’s indictment has boosted his nomination chances, at least in the short term. How long this will last is unknown.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-indictment-poll-surges-lead-desantis-151150006.html


But Trump’s indictment has hurt him among independents. Which isn’t surprising since only 29% of independents want Trump to run again in 2024, 54% don’t. Also, only 37% of independents have a favorable view of Trump, 57% unfavorable.


https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/nr7yjreihl/econTabReport.pdf


https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/trump_favorableunfavorable-5493.html


Add to this the fact that 55% of independents think the indictment should disqualify Trump from running again. All of this is good news for the Democrats in my opinion. A win, win situation for the Democrats. The GOP is still the smaller of the two major parties, hence, they must win the independent vote or lose the general election. With Trump’s lead soaring for the Republican Party nomination, with independents souring more on Trump than in 2020 when they voted for Biden by a 54-41 margin. Things are looking up for the Democrats. That is if Trump is the GOP nominee. Trump, the gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/majority-americans-think-criminal-indictment-181632369.html

 

The "Secret Sauce" Trump uses is a winner. How many politicians actually say what they are going to do. Like a business man, Trump says "America has this problem there, and we are going to solve it this way. Then if he gets elected, he solves it." Everyone else toptoes around imprecise language so they can't be pinned down. Being specific gets Trump in trouble, but at least he sees the problem. This time will be easy: Get back to oil drilling. The lower price per BBL will stop Putin's military mid-goosestep, drop the prices of everything that is transported.
He also understands that the best way to beat China is keep the pressure on Chinese imports, and arm up Taiwan. Do a google earth of Taiwan. Not exactly conducive to a WW2 style beach invasion. China sees what you see. "What a bloody mess." and the Chinese people are not all that thrilled about killing fellow Chinese, either.
Google Earth of Taiwan:
https://earth.google.com/web/@25.24...1NDY5GTqf4ml2ADhAIdmJndiJPV5AKgZUYWl3YW4YASAB

Lastly for all you naysayers, the campaign has not even begun.

 

I wouldn't put too much stock into polls involving Independents. Although they may claim not to be affiliated with either Party the fact is they have a strong lean either Republican or Democrat.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/03/14/political-independents-who-they-are-what-they-think/

That 4% percentage advantage can skew any poll relative to Independents. A good follow up question to ask is: How did you vote in the 2016 and 2020 elections?

 

I don’t particularly like Trump’s style, however I admire his ability to withstand the adversity of the media and all those conducting avrelentless which hunt to find some reason, any reason to destroy him. I'm at not like him, but stacked against Biden and camp, Insee no contest.
The political nature of the indictment in my opinion sets a dangerous president as does the political weaponization of public position.
Then too, this persecuted will refuse to prosecute certain crimes whilenpusuing Trump tonthebhiltnto knock him out of the race. It has been the objective of the raids and this indictment. Inam waiting for the mob to descend where ever he is with a rope chanting ‘ lynch him’.
What are the Democratesvso afraid of? Well, nothing like setting the stage for creating a swell of support for him.

 

if trump somehow won a second term, god help us all stupid is as stupid does

 

Trump has taken his largest lead since leaving office. As a conservative Indpendent, I don't think the Democrats are going to win a presidential election again blabbering about Trump and his extremist MAGA base. Also, and considering Trump's, epic and rising poll numbers, neither do those who are polled. IOW, if the Democrats are going to win, they are going to have to win on Biden's accomplishments. To them, I say, good luck with that.

(3) InteractivePolls on Twitter: "Post-indictment Republican Primary polling average (8 POLLS, Mar 30 - April 3) • Trump's largest lead: +33% (Trafalgar and Insider Advantage) • Trump's lowest lead: +29% (Ipsos and Morning Consult) AVERAGE: Trump — 53% (+31) DeSantis — 22% Pence — 6% Haley — 5% https://t.co/GESBRZJFgb" / Twitter

 

The democrats are banking on a stupid voter that doesn't understand how the Judiciary system is supposed to function. An indictment does NOT establish guilt, but they are desperately trying to shape the narrative into convincing voters it does. They (with the help of certain Republicans) managed to convince a lot of people that what happened on 1/6 was an insurrection. So, they might prevail again. In any case, they will use the mug shot to campaign against Trump. Like you pointed out - they can't run on Biden's dismal performance.

 

I'm not sure even DeSantis stands a chance against him, as Trump's lead is now 33 points ahead of DeSantis. Some are saying this is what the Democrats want to see happen. Trump becomes so popular than one of the other Republicans running doesn't stand a chance. Some are predicting the Democrats will win the independent vote, and then the Democrats swoop in and win again. I'm not convinced yet because Biden's own poll numbers as a leader basically stink.

 

Precisely! I just wrote a post saying the same thing. I think the Democrat's want Trump as their candidate, but going on Biden's record, (his current poll numbers have slipped to 38%), how are they going to do it?

Cheat?

• Less than a third of Americans, 31%, approve of Biden's handling of the economy, according to the latest poll.
• Americans are less optimistic about the direction of the country compared to last month: 21% express optimism, down from 28% a month ago.

Biden's approval slips to 38%, near the lowest of his presidency, new poll says (msn.com)

 

If this bogus indictment shows anything, it's that the democrats would cheat to beat Trump (or any Republican). There's only one thing they haven't tried and the fact that NY are spending millions on protecting Trump suggests maybe they know something we don't.

 

Trump has one more play that might solidify his win. Pick Desantis as his running mate.

 

People I know IRL have said the same thing.

 

Well, either that or find a very popular black woman to run with him.

 

What Trump policies do you fear? Or is it just the mean tweets you fear?

 

Yeah. Setting the first hearing to take place 9 months from now in December makes it obvious they dont want a conclusion too soon.

 

I guess I'd start with his hatred for democratic elections and his attempts to subvert them. But, hey, some of us care about that and some of us don't.

 

Is such a timeframe unusual or are you just manufacturing a complaint?