A question Trump votes have no satisfactory answer for

Steve Berman:
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HOW WILL DONALD TRUMP WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION?

You see, Ted Cruz beats Hillary Clinton in head to head matchups, pretty consistently. Cruz scores pretty well in the favorable/unfavorable polls, pretty consistently.

Cruz has good name recognition, with only 5 percent checking the “never heard of” box, and 12 percent have “no opinion” of him, meaning he could move up in the favorable ratings with a positive message.

Clinton, the presumptive Democrat nominee, is in a similar box to Trump: Everyone’s heard of her, and most don’t like her, with only 3 percent with no opinion. Except she’s got a lower unfavorable rating than Trump, who is just 2 percent with no opinion and a stunning 60 percent unfavorable rating. If every single person who has no opinion decided they liked Trump, that would move to 58 percent, still hated more than Clinton’s 55 percent.
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You can find links to the polling data at the link above.  Trump has managed to alienate voters across a wide spectrum and apparently has no plan to deal with those who say they will never vote for him.  His supporters are going to try to defeat the Democrats with a fraction of the Republican voter base.  That looks unlikely.

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