More evidence the GOP convention in Cleveland is going to be one to watch. A new Monmouth University Poll shows many non-Trump Republicans want someone else and Trump supporters are not willing to support a Republican who isn’t their guy. The poll said Trump has support of 41% of GOP partisans and leaners. Ted Cruz gets 29% support and John Kasich has 18% support.
“A majority of all Republican voters (54%) say that the party should get behind Trump as the nominee if he has the most delegates but not enough for a first round ballot victory. Another 34% would like to see the convention nominate someone else in this case. Among the group of GOP voters who do not currently support Trump, most (55%) want to see someone other than Trump get nominated at a contested convention compared to 31% who say that the party should back Trump. Among those mentioned as possible nominees by voters who would like to see someone other than Trump nominated are Cruz (33%), Kasich (23%), Marco Rubio (10%), Ben Carson (5%), Mitt Romney (4%), Jeb Bush (3%), and Paul Ryan (2%),” the poll said in a news release.
Furthermore, if the convention nominates someone else even though Trump holds the most delegates, only 43% of Trump supporters say they would commit to backing that nominee in November. “Another 13% would vote for an independent or third party candidate, 7% would vote for the Democratic nominee, 27% say they would not vote at all, and 10% of Trump supporters are unsure what they would do.”
Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute, said, “A majority of non-Trump supporters seem to be in favor of a brokered convention process at this point in the campaign. That would probably throw the party into turmoil with many Trump supporters abandoning the party.”
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