Just 15% think Christie would help Trump as his Veep pick
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog
Trouble ahead? Quite possibly. I’ll try to hide my surprise.
Part of the reason why Donald Trump has trouble beating Hillary Clinton in anything other than a Rasmussen Poll was illustrated in today’s new Monmouth Poll, Save Jerseyans.
Looking ahead to November, 79% of New Jersey GOP primary voters say they will stick with Trump in the general election. Among the remainder, 6% say they will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton, 6% will vote for another candidate, 3% will stay home, and 6% are not sure what they will do. Among Cruz and Kasich supporters, just 45% say they will vote for Trump in November while 19% will vote for Clinton, 14% will vote for another candidate on the ballot, 12% will stay home, and 10% are undecided.”
Historical perspective: back in 2004 – the last time this country elected a Republican President – George W. Bush locked up 93% of the Republican vote; 6% (the same amount preparing to defect to Hillary) voted for John Kerry.
Mitt Romney also earned 93% of the GOP vote in 2012.
Trump is going to need yuge Democrat and Independent margins – of historic proportions – to make up the gap if most of these GOP voters stay solidly #NeverTrump. There may not be enough white, blue collar Democrats left to compensate.
Something else of note: unpopular as ever, just 15% of the same voter poll dominated by Trump say Chris Christie, the lead Trump delegate, would help Trump’s campaign; 41% think it’d hurt.
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