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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has already won about 33% of support from Republican voters in the polls and early voting states. His rallies are filled with women, men, military veterans, Christians, wealthy retirees and blue-collar workers. Trump’s critics have said for months that he’ll never be able to grow his lead with all of the controversies he’s had, like with Pope Francis recently, skipping the Iowa debate and his attack on former President George W. Bush. According to a recent AP-GfK poll that just came out, Republican voters and those thinking of voting Republican say Trump is the best candidate to handle the issues. They also say Trump is the most decisive and competent for the job of president. More Republicans say they would vote for Trump than those who say they wouldn’t. 86% of GOP voters believe Trump can win the general election, which puts him 15% point ahead of his closest rival.
While the AP-GfK poll suggests Trump can broaden his support to win the nomination, it also suggests his coalition has some limits.Among all registered voters nationally, 6 in 10 say they have an unfavorable opinion of Trump and 54 percent say they wouldn't even consider voting for him in a general election. Perhaps most troubling for Trump is that he finishes at the bottom of the GOP field among Americans who are Hispanic, with just 16 percent viewing him favorably.Those numbers will almost surely have to improve for Trump to be a competitive general election candidate. Hispanic voters are expected to grow to close to 12 percent of the electorate in November.
From the same poll:If 54% of registered voters nationally won't vote for you, you can't win.
Online, self-selecting polls are meaningless.
