New polling suggests there’s a prohibitive favorite for the GOP nomination. GOP voters believe Donald Trump is their best chance at winning:
Almost half of all Republican voters believe Donald Trump represents their best chance at winning back the presidency next November, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. They’re almost certainly wrong.
Forty-seven percent of GOPers and GOP-leaning independents say that Trump is their best nominee as compared to 15 percent who named Ted Cruz and 14 percent who chose Marco Rubio. Just 8 percent said Jeb Bush gave Republicans their best chance of winning next fall, in and of itself a remarkable finding given that the former Florida governor’s entire campaign was premised on the idea that he was the most electable candidate in the field. Seven percent named Ben Carson as the party’s best general election candidate.
Tonight should be a major test for Trump, who will have Ted Cruz and a slew of other desperate candidates attempting to cut him down. How he fares could determine the outcome of the election.