Week 10: Donald Trump Reporting

Headline: Trump Walks Off Stage, 10 protesters later

Donald Trump walked off the stage, abruptly ending his speech to supporters in Raleigh, NC after 10 different protesters..yes, 10, interrupted his speech. Ironically enough, Trump criticized the media for making a big deal out of one protester interrupting one of his previous speeches, and after noting that, Trump was then interrupted by 9 more (different) protesters over the course of his speech. How does that song go, "and isn't it ironic...don't you think?"

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC (video): 

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-interrupted-10-times--ends-speech-579972163788

Polls: According to CNN, Trump holds a commanding lead

The latest CNN poll has put Donald Trump at 36%, a whopping 20-points ahead of second place Ted Cruz. Interestingly enough, Trump has surged in popularity following the Paris and San Bernardino terrorist attacks. This may have something to do with his aggressive stance on foreign policy.

CNN Poll: http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/04/politics/full-results-poll-republicans-2016/index.html

No news regarding fundraising or new positions.

Future Challenges

As this is my last Trump post for this class, I'm going to talk about Trump's challenges not just for this week, but rather the challenges he will face all the way until November 2016. Actually, it's a very simple challenge, but not an easy one by any means. Appealing to the majority of American voters. Through all the media and all the attention, this ultimately what Trump will need if he wants to win the 2016 general election. Unless of course, technically speaking, we're in for another Bush vs. Gore 2000 election where in reality, George Bush needed the majority of the electorate, not the majority of American votes.

Trump ends his speech after several protest interruptions

Donald Trump was at a support rally in Raleigh, North Carolina where he was repeatedly interrupted and after the tenth interruption he abruptly ended his speech and decided to call it a night. This was after he said the media is going to twist his words about how one protester will shout out and the media will make it into a dishonest storm. The question many are wondering is why are these people showing up to Trump support rally's to protest, it seems incredibly disrespectful but with 20% lead over all the other GOP candidates it of course comes with its fair share of haters

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Is Donald Trump a bigot and racist?

News: People are starting to get a negative vibe from Donald Trump, is he right for president of America? Is he too strong on his opinions? Washington Post seems to say so.
Some will think this an outrageous label to apply to the frontrunner for a major party’s presidential nomination. Ordinarily, I would agree that name-calling is part of what’s wrong with our politics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-is-a-bigot-and-a-racist/2015/12/01/a2a47b96-9872-11e5-8917-653b65c809eb_story.html

Donald Trump opens 'yuge' lead over GOP field in CNN/ORC national poll

News: Donald Trump continues to advance in the GOP votes. Is this all a competition to him? 
Donald Trump is the top choice of more than one out of every three Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters, according to the results of a new CNN/ORC poll released Friday. And it's not even close — at 36 percent, Trump's closest competitor for the GOP presidential nomination is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, at 16 percent.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/poll-gop-donald-trump-216423#ixzz3tP94xRAf

CNN/ORC Poll: Trump alone at the top again

(CNN)Donald Trump is once again alone at the top of the Republican field, according to the latest CNN/ORC Poll, with 36% of registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents behind him, while his nearest competitor trails by 20 points.

Three candidates cluster behind Trump in the mid-teens, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at 16%, former neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 14% and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 12%. All other candidates have the support of less than 5% of GOP voters in the race for the Republican Party's nomination for president.

Carson (down 8 points since October), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (down 5 points to 3%) and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (down 4 points to 1%) have lost the most ground since the last CNN/ORC poll, conducted in mid-October.

Cruz (up 12 points) and Trump (up 9 points) are the greatest beneficiaries of those declines. Rubio is also up slightly, gaining 4 points -- an increase within the poll's margin of sampling error -- since the last CNN/ORC poll.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/04/politics/donald-trump-poll-cnn-orc-national/