Donald Trump Thriving In The Nation’s Chaos

If Tennessee’s presidential primary elections were held today, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton would win their respective party primaries, according to the newest Vanderbilt University poll released Friday. Trump’s nearest competitor is Texas Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz, with 16 percent, a huge 12-point jump.It was hard to keep track of the number of times Donald Trump stereotyped Jews in a speech Thursday – to the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson comes in third at 14 percent, followed by Sen.

That may explain why Trump, the author of the immigration plan that the vast majority of Republican voters say is impossible, was the overwhelming favorite among GOP voters when they were asked which candidate can best handle illegal immigration.

CNN Political Director David Chalian says “What’s going on is total Donald Trump dominance over the Republican field”.

Trump reportedly told The Washington Post: “When you’re leading in the polls, I think it’s too big of a risk to not do the debate”.

“I don’t want your money, therefore you’re probably not going to support me”, Trump said. Meanwhile, Ted Cruz, focusing his efforts on the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa, has climbed 12 points. His rallies attract more supporters than any other candidate (on both sides of the aisle). “This room negotiates them – perhaps more than any other room I’ve ever spoken in”.

The phone poll surveyed 445 Republican or Republican-leaning registered voters between November 27 and December 1, with a margin of error of plus- or minus- 4.5 percentage points. Rand Paul. Since last month’s poll, the three are down by an average of six points with Carson suffering the steepest slide at eight points.

Trump grabbed 36 percent of the vote, up 9 percentage points from mid-October. This is despite only 29% of Republicans overall supporting the idea to 44% who are against it. In fact supporters of all 13 of the other candidates are against this concept.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which regularly publishes surveys of global and national anti-Semitism, issued a statement in which the organization “disagreed with those writers and commentators who suggested that presidential hopeful Donald Trump intentionally evoked anti-Semitic stereotypes”. Marco Rubio, R-Florida. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is far back at 4 percent, with Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina at 3 percent apiece. And Trump’s comments on Israel – particularly the billionaire businessman’s repeated questioning of its commitment to making a peace deal with the Palestinians – sparked an aggressive backlash from his Republican rivals.