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  • Poll: Clinton tops Trump in general election

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    Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump in a general election match-up if the election were held today, a new poll shows.

    Clinton beats Trump, 49% to 39%, head-to-head. She would be neck-and-neck with other GOP contenders — including former tech CEO Carly Fiorina (45% to Clinton’s 44%), retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson (46% to Clinton’s 45%), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (44% to Clinton’s 45%).

    But if Vice President Joe Biden runs for president, he’d enter the race as the most popular presidential candidate, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey.

    Clinton’s favorability rating is underwater: 39% of voters view her favorably, while 47% say they see the former secretary of state unfavorably.

    But Trump’s problem is much bigger. He’s seen favorably by 25% of the general electorate, compared to unfavorably by 58%.

    Biden, meanwhile, is the most popular potential candidate — in part because he hasn’t taken the shots that he’d be hit with if he were to enter the race. He’s viewed favorably by 40% compared to unfavorably by 28%.

    Source: Poll: Clinton tops Trump in general election – CNNPolitics.com


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  • Stop equating Donald Trump to Ron Paul. It’s ridiculous

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    On Friday, Megan McCardle at the Bloomberg View argued that Donald Trump is the new Ron Paul.

    She made the case that both figures represent seemingly fresh alternatives to conventional insiders like Mitt Romney or Jeb Bush. McCardle foreshadowed Trump’s ultimate failure, because she thought that like Paul, Trump wouldn’t be able to expand his appeal beyond a small base.

    McCardle’s right that Donald Trump is bound to failure. But that’s the only bulls-eye she was even close on.

    Let’s go through them.

    Recent polling of Trump supporters suggests his cadre is overwhelmingly old, white, and male. That might be okay for a Republican primary, but that’s not going to win you a general election, let alone keep your party nationally viable for another 10 years.

    Unlike Trump, Ron Paul’s campaign made massive gains among Millennials, winning nearly half the under-30 vote in Iowa and New Hampshire in 2012.

    Trump’s past leaves us guessing what he really believes about anything. His speeches are full of vague, technocratic appeals to competency, as if we only need better bureaucrats running an inherently flawed system.

    Ron Paul had a platform and a record of principled dedication to freedom. It’s no surprise that younger voters appreciated his consistency.

    Trump thrives on exploiting tribalism to pit people against each other– whether he’s saying ridiculous things about Latinos, women, or Vietnam POWs.

    Paul saw people as individuals and brought them together in a common struggle for liberty. At the same time, he realized how government policies can disproportionately impact our most vulnerable. That’s why he got rave applause talking about our criminal justice system and war on drugs at a PBS debate focused on people of color. And why he polled strongest of the other candidates among independents and Millennials, the two groups Mitt Romney needed to beat Obama.

    Source: Stop equating Donald Trump to Ron Paul. It’s ridiculous | Rare


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