A matter of days ago, Donald Trump was the front runner amongst the Republican candidates for President of the United States. According to a poll released today...eh, not so much anymore.
Public Policy Polling is a Democratic polling company that often polls Republican voters, to get a feel on how they're voting on conservative issues. In this poll, they surveyed 610 registered Republican primary voters. In April, Trump led the field in the same poll with 26% of the overall vote. This month was a much different story.
Trump came in fifth with 8%, behind Huckabee, Romney, Gingrich, and Palin. He was only one percentage point ahead of wingnut Tea Party conspiracy theorist Michelle Bachmann. Some of the other results were also stunning.
53% of those surveyed said that they had an "unfavorable opinion" of Donald Trump. Keep in mind, in the same poll, 61% of those polled said that they had a "favorable opinion" of Sarah Palin. It appears that "birtherism" is on the decline. (I would think so after the President presents his long form birth certificate.) The poll was conducted May 5th through May 8th, more than a week after the President released his birth certificate. Still, 34% say that they believe that Obama was not born in the United States. 18% "aren't sure". Two weeks ago, 72% of Republican primary voters either said "no" or that they "weren't sure". Going from 72% to 52% is a considerable improvement, but really?! Still?!
To make matters worse for Trump, ratings have hit a downward spiral for 'The Celebrity Apprentice'. For the episode that aired on April 24th, ratings were down 17% from the previous week's episode. Then, on Trump's May 1st episode, his boardroom decision was interrupted by President Obama's announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan.
That brings us to the May 8th episode, or as I like to call it, "Clusterfuckorama". This was the episode in which not one, but three, yes count them, three "celebrities" left the show. You would think that this would be a high ratings episode, right? Think again. Ratings for the episode were down 23% from the week before. In fact, it was the lowest rated Spring telecast episode in the history of the 'Apprentice' franchise.
I have a feeling that NBC will soon be saying "You're fired" to "The Donald", just like the Republican party did last week.
Public Policy Polling is a Democratic polling company that often polls Republican voters, to get a feel on how they're voting on conservative issues. In this poll, they surveyed 610 registered Republican primary voters. In April, Trump led the field in the same poll with 26% of the overall vote. This month was a much different story.
Trump came in fifth with 8%, behind Huckabee, Romney, Gingrich, and Palin. He was only one percentage point ahead of wingnut Tea Party conspiracy theorist Michelle Bachmann. Some of the other results were also stunning.
53% of those surveyed said that they had an "unfavorable opinion" of Donald Trump. Keep in mind, in the same poll, 61% of those polled said that they had a "favorable opinion" of Sarah Palin. It appears that "birtherism" is on the decline. (I would think so after the President presents his long form birth certificate.) The poll was conducted May 5th through May 8th, more than a week after the President released his birth certificate. Still, 34% say that they believe that Obama was not born in the United States. 18% "aren't sure". Two weeks ago, 72% of Republican primary voters either said "no" or that they "weren't sure". Going from 72% to 52% is a considerable improvement, but really?! Still?!
To make matters worse for Trump, ratings have hit a downward spiral for 'The Celebrity Apprentice'. For the episode that aired on April 24th, ratings were down 17% from the previous week's episode. Then, on Trump's May 1st episode, his boardroom decision was interrupted by President Obama's announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan.
That brings us to the May 8th episode, or as I like to call it, "Clusterfuckorama". This was the episode in which not one, but three, yes count them, three "celebrities" left the show. You would think that this would be a high ratings episode, right? Think again. Ratings for the episode were down 23% from the week before. In fact, it was the lowest rated Spring telecast episode in the history of the 'Apprentice' franchise.
I have a feeling that NBC will soon be saying "You're fired" to "The Donald", just like the Republican party did last week.
