Donald J. Trump occupies his strongest position yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, yet nearly two-thirds of American voters say they are concerned or frightened about the prospect of a Trump presidency, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News nationwide poll.
The poll was taken largely before his statement on
Monday afternoon proposing to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the United
States.
The nationwide telephone poll was conducted Dec.
4-8 with 1,053 registered voters, including 431 Republican primary voters and
384 Democratic primary voters. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4
percentage points for registered voters and plus or minus 6 percentage points
each for Republican and Democratic primary voters.
Though this poll was taken largely before his
controversial Muslim comments Monday, polls directly pointed at Trump’s Muslim statement suggest
it’s unlikely to hurt his standing in the GOP primary. But as we continue to
see, the big question is how Trump would fare in the general election against
Hillary Clinton. As hard as it is to believe anyone would choose a known liar,
who knowingly endangered our national security, over ANYONE.
[Note: This article was written by Michelle Jesse,
Associate Editor]
