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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 06:04 PM Mar 2016

Trump Helps Democrats As 9% Of Michigan GOP Will Vote For Clinton If Trump Wins

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/07/trump-helps-democrats-9-michigan-gop-vote-clinton-trump-wins.html

By Jason Easley

A poll of Michigan Republicans contained some devastating news for the GOP. If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, 9% of Republican voters will vote for Hillary Clinton in November.



A poll of Michigan Republicans contained some devastating news for the GOP. If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, 9% of Republican voters will vote for Hillary Clinton in November.

According to the new Monmouth University Poll, “If Trump emerges as the GOP nominee, 7-in-10 Michigan Republican primary voters (71%) say they would get behind him in a general election against Hillary Clinton. However, 9% would actually vote for Clinton. While the following responses were not offered in the poll question itself, 4% volunteer that they would vote 3rd party, 9% say they would not vote at all, and 7% are not sure what they would do.

There isn’t a single state that President Obama carried in 2012 that Donald Trump will be able to flip to the Republican column in 2016. The idea that Trump is any way electable is a myth that is being pushed by the mainstream press and Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton is getting more than Trump. Most of the increase in Republican turnout is coming from Republicans who are trying to stop Trump from winning his party’s nomination.

Contrary to what he states during his speeches, Donald Trump is not a uniter who will bring the Republican Party together. The truth is that Trump could push somewhere in the neighborhood of 10% of Republicans to cross over and vote for Hillary Clinton. A Trump nomination will cause many other Republican voters to stay home.

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Trump Helps Democrats As 9% Of Michigan GOP Will Vote For Clinton If Trump Wins (Original Post) MrWendel Mar 2016 OP
Excellent! NurseJackie Mar 2016 #1
lol ibegurpard Mar 2016 #2

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
2. lol
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 06:19 PM
Mar 2016

No they won't.
And Trump will vacuum up plenty of blue collar working class voters who should be voting for Democrats.
But that's OK. You don't need their votes... or something.

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