First time a convention has resulted in a net decline in support!

[kpete]

Last edited Tue Aug 2, 2016, 11:01 AM - Edit history (2)

https://twitter.com/KathrynOly/status/760284152105086976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


and this:

https://twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/760068584211046400
https://twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/760112337852502018

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https://twitter.com/akarl_smith/status/760469184946003970

[chillfactor]

1. and let's hope.....

t-rump's support keeps sliding downhill. Thank you for the pic......love it!

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Gallup: Trump is first candidate on record to lose voters during convention

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Poll-Trump-is-first-candidate-on-record-to-lose-9005966.php

Republican nominee Donald Trump is the first candidate to actually lose overall support based off of the convention in which he was nominated, according to new numbers from Gallup.

Following the Cleveland convention last month, 36 percent of adults said they were more likely to support the New York businessman, while 51 percent said they were less likely to vote for Trump.

According to Gallup this is the first time since the polling organization began asking questions in 1984 that a candidate saw more than half of respondents say they were less likely to vote for the candidate following the convention. The net minus 15 in vote sentiment was also a record. Mitt Romney's plus three rating in 2012 was the previous low for the Republican nominee.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. This Historic my friends.

Gallup tends to favor Republican Candidates via their ownership.

[anamandujano]

12. Making history is something he can brag about!

It's all good.

[Wellstone ruled]

13. And the Sun will come out tomorrow.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. Gallup got busted for skewing polls during the Bush Era....

They were throwing out samples from Democrats claiming they don't show up to vote and calling the results "Likely voters".

[Wellstone ruled]

20. Yup!

That's why I question every thing they do. Been there and know the how and why.

[uponit7771]

7. +1

[IronLionZion]

9. Anything Donny does is huge!

His election loss in November will be huge! It will be the greatest most one-sided loss! You won't believe how badly he'll lose!

[AllyCat]

11. It'll be the BEST loss ever.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I love it, and may it ever be so!

[Terra Alta]

4. Trump is headed on a downward spiral

Let's hope that continues.

[RKP5637]

6. I hope it's a total meltdown. He's one of the most dangerous and bizarre creatures I've

ever seen get so close to the presidency.

[ronnie624]

24. +1 on "dangerous and bizarre".

Shameful to our country. Truely a national embarrassment.

[nikto]

8. Clearly, the GOP Convention needs to be ...

Fired!

[SunSeeker]

10. K & R

[amuse bouche]

14. Looks like he's drowning in a sea of red

[burrowowl]

16. When are the Repugs going to pull

the stopper and put in Ryan and Cruz or Romney.
Scary!

[SheilaT]

17. I doubt they can just replace a candidate.

Sort of like whoever gets the most delegates during the primary process gets the nomination. And once that candidate is the nominee, he or she is it.

And there's virtually no chance of any Republican making an independent run. For one thing, I believe it's already too late to get on the ballot in some states.

Nope, they're stuck with him. And they deserve him.

[sofa king]

22. There is one possibility....

... Trump appears to have committed a couple of severe violations of the espionage codes, which may include enlisting the help of a foreign nation to commit espionage and sharing data from a classified document.

Trump is also, to virtually every thinking person's horror, an obvious case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. That makes him a known and well-studied quantity, and exactly as easy to manipulate as George W. Bush was easy to manipulate.

Note also that Republicans have been wringing their hands for a year for a way to get the top two candidates out of the way--that's Trump and Cruz. They have a provision in their rules, Rule No. 9, which is just the ticket, if only they can convince Trump to resign, which he won't do unless he stands to lose more by staying in than he does by leaving.

Well, threatening to hit Trump with espionage charges (or other, more sordid charges) would be that way. Trump can be presented with the options of going on to an ignominious defeat, followed by potential prison time, or declaring victory and leaving the race. He'll declare victory and leave.

The RNC would almost certainly allow, nay, encourage Trump to leave; they would decide not to have another disastrous convention and instead do what they do the best: pick the candidate of their choice in a smoky back room, with no input from the filthy unwashed masses. RNC gets what they want--a better chance, and Democrats take the hit in the name of national security, and as usual get a harder life for it. But they have a stronger candidate than anyone Republicans can field and the damage Trump has already done may be insurmountable at this point.

[Calculating]

18. Thank God they chose Trump

And not somebody who would've stood a legit chance against Hillary like Kasich. This should be the easiest election ever for the dems.

[axiom3]

19. This is karma at work for Trump!

What did the repubs expect from such a shitshow at the RNC? Also, one must take into consideration that these polls were taken before the Khan fiasco, which will sink Trump's numbers even further. Fantastic.

[AgadorSparticus]

21. wait a minute. didn't they say he had a 4 pt bump after his convention?

hence, why he was in a "virtual tie" with Hillary? and now they are saying it is -15? this doesn't sound like it was from his convention but rather OURS. and perhaps his little tweetfest with Mr. Khan.

[pnwmom]

23. Exactly. That's what I've been wondering, too. How could have have had a bounce AND lost support?

[auntpurl]

25. I don't think he ever had a bump from the RNC

That "bump" was actually Comey's little hatefest on Hillary.

[Gothmog]

26. WOW

Those are amazing numbers

[TonyPDX]

27. Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark!

It should also discourage other bigots from thinking they're a majority.

[jpak]

28. But my Trump-loving friend told me Trump's numbers went UP after the DNC

He called an inverse bump.

Should I tell him the truth?

[MrModerate]

29. That is a very fine photograph. A work of art, even. n/t

[Jarqui]

30. He's earned the Purple Fart for his candidacy!!

His candidacy died going after war heroes.

Ended by Muslims.

That's got to stick in his racist craw.

That's what I call social justice!

[lonestarnot]

31. Rich!

[wolfie001]

32. Looks like he's drowning in red kool-aid!!!