Poll: Will the anti-Trump demonstations hurt or help Trump?

[left-of-center2012]

It seems anti-Trump street demonstrations are appearing wherever Trump travels to speak.
Do you think these will help or hurt Trump's Presidential race?

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[beachbumbob]

1. Solidifies support with the base.....don't know if the center moves his way

Yet

[OnDoutside]

2. Other, in that it's meat for his base, but will make independents wary of supporting him.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

3. Agree

I agree but images of American flags being burned while Mexican flags fly high may bother some in the middle.

[Ace Rothstein]

5. This. It depends on the nature of the protest.

If they get violent as well then it will help Trump.

[Reter]

15. It bothers many of us on the Left too

I don't like seeing flags being burned. Don't pick on an entire country when only a small minority has voted for Trump so far.

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. This will not affect his base. If anything, the white supremacists will just be more enthusiastic.

[braddy]

6. I believe that Trump wanted televised conflict and violence in his campaign as a strategy.

At first it looked to me that he was trying to whip up his own followers to serve the purpose, but then the anti-Trumps started showing up, and Trump was fine with that, since he got what he wanted regardless of who was supplying what he needed.

I think all this plays into Trump's hands and that he is, and will, use it to play off of, Trump did NOT want a no conflict, calm campaign.

[left-of-center2012]

7. I think that's why he came here to New Mexico

It's a heavily Hispanic state, and he expected the protest he got.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Depends, and a lot depends on the reporting

we saw it, after Trump was done, and this is a national trend, things got ugly

Here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027863229

And it was one damn long day

here is the direct link as well.

https://reportingsandiego.com/2016/05/28/thousands-protest-at-the-trump-rally-in-san-diego/

[On the Road]

9. There May Be a Lot of Things at Play,

but two things that help Trump:

1) Trump has been effective at getting disproportionate coverage and attention to the point where other candidates get all the air sucked out of the room. This is another ongoing storyline about Trump.

2)The issue becomes either taking the side of Trump or of an anonymous protester who may not be the best representative of the party. Trump v Clinton is superior to Trump v protester.

[Softail1]

10. right now it's a draw..but if Cleveland

turns into all out mayhem, and the city gets torched...then Hillary will be toast, because it will all get hung around the Dem's neck...I personally think a better strategy is for the large peaceful protests, with speakers, and a hopeful message..much more effective than masked people, hurling projectiles, and fighting with cops.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. You mean what happened in San Diego

The media is manipulating you guys. Serious. It got ugly after Trump was done. Guess who started it? Oh wait...trump supporters.

Here, first hand. We had a good perch

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027863229

[Skittles]

16. I agree with this assessment

violence is not the answer

[madville]

12. Marketing genius by his campaign

Free media coverage, if things turn violent it allows them to just point while they claim to be right, easily frame the protests as anti-American, etc, etc. Seems like a net positive for his campaign, keeps his supporters fired up.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. And his supporters are doing this on the way out from the rallies

[0rganism]

17. mixed bag, i think

on the one hand, Trump seems to feed off the energy and so do his ardent supporters
on the other hand, someone who shows up to protest Trump is a visible voter lost to the GOP for this election cycle, and quite possibly their friends and family too

the police response to crack down on protests energizes a base which thrives on demonstrative repression of vocal minorities
at the same time, it shows many in the electorate that a Trump-run government would be unstable and repressive, which is still unpopular

so mixed bag, i think it's a wash.