Trump's Republican Support Plummets by 20 Points, New Poll Shows

[applegrove]

Trump's Republican Support Plummets by 20 Points, New Poll Shows

BY THOMAS KIKA ON 9/25/22 AT 11:24 AM EDT at Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-republican-support-plummets-20-points-new-poll-shows-1746086

"SNIP......

Amid an escalating series of legal woes, former President Donald Trump has seen his support amongst Republican voters drop significantly, according to a recent poll.

The poll, conducted in a collaboration between ABC News and The Washington Post, was released on Sunday and showed a steep decline in popularity for Trump now, compared to the support he had in 2020 when he secured the GOP nomination for reelection. According to the poll, which has a margin of error of 3.5 percent, 47 percent of Republican and conservative-leaning independent respondents said that they support Trump as the prospective party nominee in 2024, while 46 percent oppose the idea. This, ABC News said, represents a 20 percent drop in support from 2020.

The poll, conducted for the news outlets by Langer Research Associates, showed President Joe Biden pulling ahead slightly in a hypothetical 2024 match-up against Trump, 48-to-46, which ABC News called "essentially tied." However, when the pool of respondents was refined to include registered voters only, the match-up reversed to Trump's favor with a 48-to-46 breakdown.

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Stupid people getting smarter?

Could happen.

[Roy Rolling]

7. As Fucking Infuriating As It Is For ANYONE ...

Anyone who ever supported the Mango Mussolini infuriates me.

But what is the turning point here? What do those 20% who say they abandoned TFG claim as why? What was the final straw? The red line he crossed? I wanna know.

[station agent]

9. It was probably losing to Biden n/t

[VMA131Marine]

2. So, only 47% of Republicans want Trump to be the GOP nominee in 2024

But they will pretty much all still vote for him in the GE is he gets nominated anyway. Psychopaths!

[uponit7771]

6. +1

[speak easy]

3. Better crush DeSantis or else Donnie,

why wait? before it's too late. know-what-i mean

[duforsure]

4. As long as Republicans keep TFG as their candidate for 24,

The better for Democrats . TFG will only insure the GOP loses more elections in the future, especially as he and the GOP get exposed more, and TFG keeps talking. As the GOP turn on him, which they will, he'll threaten them, then do things to hurt them for his revenge. As TFG's numbers tank, his grip on the GOP will be reduced.

[markodochartaigh]

8. Trump

Trump divides the Republicans and unites and energizes the Democratic party. On the other hand, if Trump should win, through gerrymandering, suppression, disenfranchisement, or simply Republican secretaries of state giving him the electors, we have the most deeply compromised president in US history in control of nuclear weapons, and in control of much of a party which has clearly shown that it has no scruples.

[uponit7771]

5. That's still enough to tank GQP

[newdayneeded]

10. I think this is really good news

his base is only an ever shrinking bunch of crazies.

Watch Desantis's reaction over the next months. When he comes out directly against trump, it will mean the GOP powers that be have privately informed him they'll back him, not trump.

Both are slimebags, but at least desatin won't launch nukes over a personal insult.

[Sam555]

11. Good

Nice

[dclarston13]

12. The next one will be worse

I fear the next rethug pres if we ever get one will make TFG look like a alter boy.

[lindysalsagal]

13. We had a 4 year+ learning curve to wake up and catch on that you don't put an angry toddler in the

white house.

America has a learning curve, but it's slllllooooowwwwww.....

[Hortensis]

14. Btw, compare this 9/22 NYT headline below to its own poll findings and to the OP's:

Trump Support Remains Unmoved by Investigations, Poll Finds

(Sounds good for him, dismaying for us, right? Remembering that a large majority of most people read only the headlines.)

Here's the NYT's "overall" summary of their latest poll findings the headline doesn't mention:

(Hey, this version's bad for him, at least somewhat reassuring for us, right?)

Overall, 44 percent of voters viewed Mr. Trump favorably, and 53 percent viewed him unfavorably 44 percent very unfavorably, and 23 percent very favorably.

The recent poll was fielded early this month, after news of the Justice Department’s inquiry into Mr. Trump’s handling of confidential documents but before the New York attorney general announced she was suing Mr. Trump and his family business.

Both are presumably true, but putting only a positive-sounding takeaway for tRump in the headline tilts the impact positively for him. In 2016, most NYT headlines about HRC (several each day!) sounded negative and some neutral; few were positive; facts that corrected the negative impressions were available to those who clicked and read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/upshot/donald-trump-approval-poll.html

[madville]

15. Setting the stage for Desantis

Desantis is in a good spot to get their nomination in my opinion.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Problem is, they'll support DeSantis, who is like trump, but with political savvy...

Much more dangerous option IMHO.

[Hortensis]

17. And maybe google this poll to see the MSM headlines so far.

To see if this is mentioned, what is instead, and by whom.

I noticed that in the last 15 minutes MSNBC pulled something negative out of it for tRump. Before that, only Newsweek.

Trump threatened democracy after 2020 election, say 54 percent of voters in polling