1.08.2016

Broken Elephants, Part I: Donald Trump and the Triumph of the Conservative Media Machine | Ordinary Times

Broken Elephants, Part I: Donald Trump and the Triumph of the Conservative Media Machine | Ordinary Times:
Three out of the only four candidates polling in double digits are Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson. Together, these three candidates represent slightly over 60% of all likely GOP voters. This is far more revolutionary than it seems at first blush, because these three conservatives share an unlikely (and historically unusual) common denominator: In addition to appealing to GOP voters’ hostility and distrust of the Democratic Party, these candidates have also catapulted to Republican Primary success in no small part by fanning the embers of hostility and distrust of the Republican Party.
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 The rest of the remaining half-dozen “true” Republicans are polling at less than 22% — combined.


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