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It begins: Trump slides a bit in new Fox News poll

After a month in which Trump had seen his stock climb in polling on the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, the real estate mogul’s numbers declined slightly against other GOP leaders vying for the nomination in a Fox News poll released late Thursday.

Eight percent of Republicans said they would like to see Trump win the GOP nomination, down from 11 percent who said the same in an early April poll. That puts Trump fourth, behind former Govs. Mitt Romney (19 percent), Mike Huckabee (17 percent) and Sarah Palin (8 percent).

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The process – the process – the process.

jake-the-goose on April 29, 2011 at 1:28 PM

Nothin’ that a few F’bombs won’t fix.

WashJeff on April 29, 2011 at 1:29 PM

Does it really matter if he’s dropping in the polls? Trump’s going to go out there and get airtime until the media stops paying attention to him.

The question is whether he’ll end up making Obama come off worse by the end of this carnival sideshow.

teke184 on April 29, 2011 at 1:31 PM

Trump was always a flash in the pan.

Rebar on April 29, 2011 at 1:33 PM

Thank goodness.. now if only Huck and Romney will slide as well.

davek70 on April 29, 2011 at 1:34 PM

Well, Fox has never had his numbers as high as other polling firms for some reason. Polls in April (From RCP, most recent first):

Fox (4/25 – 4/27): 8%
Rasmussen (4/26 – 4/26): 19%
Gallup (4/15 – 4/20): 16%
McClatchy (4/10 – 4/14): 13%
CNN (4/9 – 4/10): 19%
PPP (4/7 – 4/10): 26%

nickj116 on April 29, 2011 at 1:36 PM

Well, Fox has never had his numbers as high as other polling firms for some reason. Polls in April (From RCP, most recent first):

Fox (4/25 – 4/27): 8%
Rasmussen (4/26 – 4/26): 19%
Gallup (4/15 – 4/20): 16%
McClatchy (4/10 – 4/14): 13%
CNN (4/9 – 4/10): 19%
PPP (4/7 – 4/10): 26%

nickj116 on April 29, 2011 at 1:36 PM

Cherry pick much, Nicky? How can you tell if a poll is reputable or not?

/buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

gryphon202 on April 29, 2011 at 1:38 PM

The question is whether he’ll end up making Obama come off worse by the end of this carnival sideshow.

teke184 on April 29, 2011 at 1:31 PM

Any attention Trump can focus on Obama’s eccentricities will damage Obama. I just hope that Trump can shoehorn the concept of teamwork in alongside his cranium straining ego.

ElectricPhase on April 29, 2011 at 1:38 PM

FYI, Fox’s last poll was done from April 3rd to April 5th. Had Donald at 11%. Everyone else’s #’s look pretty similar.

nickj116 on April 29, 2011 at 1:38 PM

The sooner the media ignores this douche the sooner they can get to covering serious candidates.

SnakeintheGrass on April 29, 2011 at 1:41 PM

Who cares where he is in the horserace polls? I don’t think he seriously plans to run. I think his goal is not to be President but to ensure Obama’s defeat. He’s going to do as much damage as he can between now and Nov 2012, so the GOP field can keep its hands clean and one of them can win.

And more power to him.

Missy on April 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM

FYI, Fox’s last poll was done from April 3rd to April 5th. Had Donald at 11%. Everyone else’s #’s look pretty similar.

nickj116 on April 29, 2011 at 1:38 PM

All right. I’ll concede that Fox’s poll may be an out-lier. But are you still going to think that when Trump’s numbers start slipping in the other polls? By this time next year, Trump’s would-be candidacy will probably be a distant memory.

gryphon202 on April 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM

My sense has been for awhile that Trump is a fad.

He knows how to garner attention and he’s good at showmanship and self promotion… but he is not IMHO a viable option for leading America.

powerpro on April 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM

Does it really matter if he’s dropping in the polls?
teke184 on April 29, 2011 at 1:31 PM

Yes.

Trump, like everyone else will need to make a equation, is this worth “X”?

Ron Paul, Ralph Nader, Al Sharpton.. run out of ideology (does not matter if you agree just speaking to their motivation), running gives a Ralph Nader, who knows he will never win an opportunity to make a statement of his beliefs, to propagate his “cause”. The same could be said of Sharpton and Paul, they won’t win but want to shape the conversation.

Trump is not driven by ideology, he is pragmatic, he sees an opportunity to possibly be a candidate by cashing in on a wildly populist message. At some point in the next 18 days he will do a calculation… can I win, if not he will be gone, so the polls do matter. Every noticed how much he mentions them?

NextGen on April 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM

I think the most important thing for the other candidates can do is stay out of Trump’s way.

Trump has hated every President. And as long as that hate is directed at Obama that is to our advantage…

When Trump speaks people listen. I don’t know why people listen but they do. So for lots of folks this maybe the only bad stuff about Obama they will ever hear.

And maybe if they notice that everyone is not in love with Obama they will notice that Trump isn’t alone and then we can begin a real campaign for President.

So far I believe Trump has helped our side very much.

But if he turns on our candidates he might could damage them in the same way.

Yeah he said Romney isn’t as rich as Trump is… that is not bad for Romney. In fact for lots of people all that money was a bad thing. Pointing out that in the scheme of rich megalomanics it is not on the scale of a Soros or a Trump. In fact it makes him seem middle class by comparison.

So far so good.

And when the time is right, hopefully he will fade away… and go back to making his money.

petunia on April 29, 2011 at 1:47 PM

petunia on April 29, 2011 at 1:47 PM

Pretty much agree with everything you wrote.

Like I said, I don’t think he really wants to be President. I just think he wants Obama the hell out of the job. And whatever he can do between now and then to make that happen – I’m all for it.

Missy on April 29, 2011 at 1:50 PM

The funny thing is that Mitt and Huck’s numbers will fall as soon as they become the center of attention also. those looking at polls this far out are idiots of the 1st order. If the polls tell you anything it is that as of now there are about 5 or 6 main players. Mitt, Palin, Trump huck with a possible New Tpaw or danials coming into the group as one of the others falls off.

Trump is a flash in the pan IMO. But while he is around the other wannabes can’t get no O2.

Trump is not doing so well if his numbers are falling off this quick. Hell Palin took 3 years of this crap before her numbers started to fall. If Trump can’t last a month he is a flash in the pan.

Mitt and Huck I think will face the same quick fall off. Esp huck.

Mitt has a strong RINO support group. So he should see less of a fall off.

polls are a waste of time this far off.

and are comparing apples to grapes. They are worthless.

unseen on April 29, 2011 at 1:55 PM

gryphon202 on April 29, 2011 at 1:38 PM

Dude, I was simply posting the numbers. Sheesh.

nickj116 on April 29, 2011 at 1:58 PM

Thank goodness.. now if only Huck and Romney will slide as well.

davek70 on April 29, 2011 at 1:34 PM

They will as soon as the media spotlight is turned on them. No body can withstand that spotlight for long. The longest I ever seen anyone sustain it was Palin. All the others folded like cheap suits.

unseen on April 29, 2011 at 1:59 PM

By this time next year, Trump’s would-be candidacy will probably be a distant memory.

gryphon202 on April 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM

Quite possibly, yep. We’ll see.

nickj116 on April 29, 2011 at 1:59 PM

hmmm interesting Palin will be on wioth Bret Bair this afternoon to talk about the coming 2012 debates.

unseen on April 29, 2011 at 2:02 PM

Dude, I was simply posting the numbers. Sheesh.

nickj116 on April 29, 2011 at 1:58 PM

And I’m simply heckling you.

gryphon202 on April 29, 2011 at 2:03 PM

The poll, conducted April 25-27, has a 3 percent overall margin of error, and a 6 percent margin of error among Republicans

Wow, just wow.

Odie1941 on April 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM

NextGen on April 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM

I honestly don’t think he’s running. I think he’s in this both for the massive publicity and for the ability to shape the field for 2012.

Trump is the kind of guy who, if you told him you were about to release a tell-all that would ruin him, would say “Be sure you spell my name right.” He doesn’t believe there’s such a thing as bad publicity. He’ll find a way to make a profit off this one way or another.

teke184 on April 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM

*slide whistle sound going down*

MadisonConservative on April 29, 2011 at 2:15 PM