PUBLIC OPINION > Donald Trump Would Not Make a Good Vice President
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2012/05/29 13:00:00
Donald Trump's aspirations for becoming president didn't last very long, but he's still interested in a run for office. The billionaire recently announced that he thinks he would make a good vice president tacking his own name on at the end of a list that included New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Some suspect he was kidding, but we asked the public anyway.
The public didn't really take Trump seriously when he was talking about running for president, and it's not biting now. More than three-quarters of respondents think Trump would be a poor choice for VP, and with Team Romney's super-specific data collection, that means they'll probably pick up on the lack of support and go for someone else. Even some of his "support" was tongue-in-cheek. The Top Opinion read, "This is all Obama needs to guarantee victory."
Conservatives Consider Trump
Despite low levels of support, he actually did pretty well with the conservative base 43%), which is really the only base that matters here. Well, moderates will definitely play a big part in this race, but he only pulled about 19% of them. Liberals were even lower (11%), verifying that most of the support wasn't sarcastic.
The Big Money Won't Bail Him Out
There was actually a pretty large sample of voters who made over $100k, and almost none of them supported Trump. That's a big hinderance if he wants to get cozy with the so-called "Williams-Sonoma Republican." On the other hand, it could help to win over the lower income brackets Romney might be worried about. Then again, the lower brackets weren't very supportive either.
Marriage Makes a Difference
The age breakdown was too inconsistant to draw any hard conclusions from, but married voters were nearly twice as likely to support Trump as voters who were single or in an unmarried relationship. Usually that indicates an age difference, as married people tend to be a little bit older, on average, and it does provide a vague idea of how the age breakdown turned out.
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Top Opinion
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Che Guevara - Hero 2012/05/29 16:40:50
Cain, Perry, Newt and Bachman and who ever I left out all said the same thing... so I guess they are all still in the running as well?
Yes Romney will beat Obama, but it will continue to be business as usual in Washington...which is exactly what the ruling class wants....(and why I'm voting for Gary Johnson)
I'm still sticking to my last attitude when trump last made his attempt for the White House.
I'm delusional to those who are unaware of current events in the political arena.
A real government for the people by the people:
A government that don't spend every year more tax money than they take in:
A government that honors American family values and don't cater to ever P.C., P.O.S. issue:
A government that has the same benefits that they offer us, and stops spending our kid’s future:
A government that’s business minded and knows this is the way to help our country:
Could go on and on, but “The Donald” is NOT the answer for VP.
Getting the Obummer out of office is a must beginning before he destroys America and declares it a 57 state muslin country. Ha, what an armature and utter douche bag he is.
Nice cartoon replication anyway.
Yupp, we the peple are gonna get rid of Obama and get another baffoon to take his place.
Talk about switching horses in midstream, lol, we are going to switch from a horse to a donkey.
A government for the people, by the people ???????
We ain't had that for a long, long time I'm afraid!!!!
I am not afraid of the “new donkey” or whatever you want to call him destroying this country with Executive Orders and extreme left wing W.H. radicals Czar circumventing Congresses power and setting president rulings that will be very hard for the next Americanized administration to kill or reverse.
How bad can this switching’s houses be?
Already had my fill of Donkeynomics from this present ass-hole.
We could get Mitt Romney in there with a maybe vice president as Hillery Clinton???
And through their business logic they start world war three thinking business logic trumps common sense, and most of us die in the aftermath of that mandate.
"Who would have thought" will be the new logo for America for decades to come, and maybe you and yours will survive, who knows?
A positive point in that outcome????
There will be no unemployment, jobs for everyone that can work!!!!
That's one scenario.
Want nightmares??? Memorize this scenario.
Good Business logic IS common sense!
Do you follow politics much?
Talking about Hillary and Romney in the same breath is ludicrous.
But I’m thinking either one as president would be a gargantuan improvement to what we have. Providing either one gets rid of that radical W.H. Admin.
However, I see as our replies go you’re maybe an Obummer lover, or just maybe a Blue Dog Democrat.
Business never out trumped common sense?????
Then what was the bailouts??????, and the de-regulation of Americas financial systems by Bill Clinton that caused all this crap to happen by giving loopholes to banks and wall street so they could fleece America and put it in the toilet.
I voted for Ralph Nader in 2008, and in 3 prior presidental runs he had, and I will vote for the Green Party in the 2012 presidental run, because the democrats and republicans don't have a decent representative for the American people.
And the Hillary and Romney thing was not my idea, as some people in the wealthy circles think the one who gave Obama a run for his money (hillery) is the best ticket for Romney to win by a landslide against Obama.
Don't matter to me who Romney picks, he's a loser to me, and a bad representative for America.
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