https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/14/republicans-are-a-lot-closer-to-maybe-trump-than-never-trump/By Philip Bump April 14 at 4:30 PM
The goal of the nebulous, sort-of-a-thing "never Trump" campaign is to do whatever is possible to stand between Donald Trump and the 1,237 delegates he needs in order to claim the Republican party's nomination on the first ballot at the convention. The informal effort has resulted in a lot more anti-Trump ads, and has benefited from the businessman's own natural inability to organize on-the-ground efforts in critical states. But the overarching idea, that the Republican base would slowly turn against Trump, doesn't seem to be paying off. In fact, a new CBS News poll suggests that Republicans are pretty comfortable with the idea of Trump as the nominee -- or, at least, they are compared to the other two candidates.
In CBS's polling, Trump's lead over Sen. Ted Cruz has dropped since March. Last month, he led by 20 points. Now he leads by 13.
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