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What a crazy year in politics 2015 has been
No matter who eventually wins the Republican
nomination or the White House next year, 2015 is going to go down as one
of the craziest years in politics we can remember -- when the normal
rules of politics didn't seem to apply. Here are three examples:
Despite controversy after controversy, Trump has only gotten stronger with Republicans:
According to the normal rules, when new and negative information about a
politician is introduced, his or her poll numbers are supposed to go
down. But Donald Trump's numbers have only gone up among Republicans.
Consider: In the March NBC/WSJ poll before Trump officially launched his
presidential campaign, only 22% of GOP voters said they could see
themselves supporting Trump (versus 74% who couldn't). Now? The most
recent December NBC/WSJ poll found 61% of Republicans saying they COULD
support him (versus 36% who couldn't). Still, Trump's numbers are in
terrible shape with the overall electorate -- only 31% of all voters say
they could see themselves supporting him, per our December poll. But
that's certainly not the case with Republicans. At least not yet.
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Source: NBC News
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