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In reply to the discussion: Fox News poll: Donald Trump still leads GOP field [View all]Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)polling is more important (because one of them will get the nomination), the polls have been changing because Bush is sagging, Walker is free falling, and Rubio cannot (with any consistency) capitalize on Bush's and Walker's weaknesses.
Trump is interesting as a symptom of the (fatal?) sickness infecting the Republican Party; he is also interesting because he helps illustrate the ignorance, xenophobia, and bigotry of a shockingly large minority within the modern Republican primary voter block. He is NOT interesting in any sort of a horse-race-for-the-nomination fashion because he can only lead a field divided among many candidates; his 25% to 30% of support in their primary looks impressive in a field of 17 but it won't mean much when the race winnows down to 3 or 4 candidates.