Why? I'm very interested in your reasoning for Carson grabbing "a lot" of black Democrats. You'll get bonus points if you come up with something more than "he's black and black people like other black people, duh!"
CBS/NYT Poll: Ben Carson edges out Donald Trump
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Why? I'm very interested in your reasoning for Carson grabbing "a lot" of black Democrats. You'll get bonus points if you come up with something more than "he's black and black people like other black people, duh!"
RustyNails
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Yeah dude thinking he will win every state. His ego won't let him believe otherwise.
OuterLimits
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This poll is quite different than other polls that came out today.
Morning Consult has Trump 35% and Carson 20%.
OANN/Gravis has Trump 36% Carson 22%.
Morning Consult has Trump 35% and Carson 20%.
OANN/Gravis has Trump 36% Carson 22%.
Kid Kamikaze10
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Haha, only in your mind bruh.
Nah, if there's something that will definitely destroy your chances with black voters, it's being known as a black guy who throws black people under the bus, and double down on it.
That's how black voters see Ben Carson. That, and boring as fuck.
OuterLimits
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So is Carson the Gingrich/Santorum/Cain of this election by leading for a period of time in some polls or can he win the nomination?
boiled goose
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Trump has recently released lots of specifics...
At least regarding taxes.
Ben has like nothing.
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thepotatoman
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It does seem like head to head polls have Carson doing the best against Clinton of all republicans primarily because he does better among black people, but that could be because people don't exactly know a ton about Carson yet.
If that holds it's maybe theoretically possible he takes it from Obama's 96%-3% among black people down to Kerry's 88%-11%, which would be significant, but he's never, ever going to come close to winning the black vote outright.
If that holds it's maybe theoretically possible he takes it from Obama's 96%-3% among black people down to Kerry's 88%-11%, which would be significant, but he's never, ever going to come close to winning the black vote outright.
Joe Shlabotnik
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Jury's definitely out on the CBS poll for now, but it was a five-day poll with live phone interviews. The Gravis poll was just an automated phone survey on Monday night. Haven't looked at Morning Consult yet.
Chezzymann
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Why is he getting so much support? He has the most dull speaking style ive ever heard from a candidate and he constantly says so much bullshit that doesn't make sense, even from his own perspective. It's like he doesn't even know what he's saying. Trump seems like a sane person compared to him.
The most recent PPP North Carolina poll had Carson getting 14% of the black vote against Hillary and 20% against Bernie. So an increase but nothing enormous.
I'd question how much even that would hold up if he became the general election candidate though. All his statements would be on full blast then and erode those gains probably.
UberTag
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Worse for the Republicans. Best for the rest of us hoping for some comedy and a historic defeat the likes that party has never before seen.
Veritigo_X
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Shame on all of you for doubting the one true king.
Where did this come from?
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Crimson-Death
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The night is darkest just before the dawn....the dawn of the apocalypse, for the US at least.
Veritigo_X
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Looks like it, thanks. This is actually pretty cool.
LOL. Who the fuck greenlit Carson's tax reform page?! How embarrassing.
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