Who will inherit Trump's supporters?

[RandySF]

I don't care what the polls say, Donald Trump is going to implode and I don't take Carson or Florin seriously. So the only mystery at this point is where will Trump's supporters go? If they like obnoxious, they can go to Christie. But if you put a $5 bill in my hand to place a bet, I would STILL put it on Scott Walker. He's the only candidate in the field with a record of turning white, working class resentment into electoral success.

[Turbineguy]

1. White working class resentment.....

Echoes of a (I had hoped) by-gone age.

Will Trump put all his assets into a blind trust for the period he would serve as President?

[LostOne4Ever]

2. I think Trump Will be the nominee

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]but assuming I am wrong I would say Fiorina. If I had to choose an establishment candidate, and the one I think has the best chance after Trump and Fiorina, that would be Rubio.

He has done well at the debates, and is the only establishment candidate rising steadily in the polls.[/font]

[Liberty Belle]

3. Depends.

Those who back Trump because they want to put a business leader in charge, thinking they will turn the economy around or be pro-business, would shift to Fiorina if Trump falls out of the race (which doesn't look likely right now).


Those who back Trump because they are bigots would have to go with one of the more fringe candidates; the other leading Reps (Bush, Fiorina and Carson) are not overtly racist or immigrant bashers; perhaps these would shift to Walker, Cruz or Huckabee--or just not vote. Let's hope for the latter. On edit, Carson did make racist comments about Muslims, but bigots aren't going to vote for the black guy.

[MADem]

4. Rand Paul appeals to racist, homophobic bigots, too....

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/28/rand_pauls_civil_rights_fiasco_how_jon_stewart_just_unmasked_him_and_exposed_libertarians_perverted_view_of_freedom/

Rand Paul likes to say that he’s not intolerant, and he repeated this qualifier on the show. “I’m not one who is intolerant,” Paul declared to Stewart, “I believe in letting people live life the way they want to live it.”

Well, good. Naturally, for many of us, this is an enticing lure, and Paul has manufactured a solid base with his live-and-let-live posture. It’s easy to be drawn into his semantic trap until we realize that “live-and-let-live” also means allowing businesses to discriminate against whomever they choose and for just about any reason.

After declaring that’s not intolerant, however, Paul added, “That includes Christians, too.”

The subtext here, which he deliberately didn’t elaborate upon, is that his tolerance of Christians includes tolerance enough to allow Christians to be intolerant and outright discriminatory against LGBT customers. His political discipline is shoddy, but it isn’t shoddy enough that he’d openly admit to being pro-discrimination while appearing on a generally liberal television show. Instead, just before changing the subject, he admitted it in the form of an anecdote about a T-shirt shop that refused to print pro-LGBT shirts for customer.

This only scratches the surface of Rand Paul as a civil rights Trojan Horse.....

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Since there isn't any actual money at risk here, I'll say Fiorina...

You and I may see her as a lying POS with the worst track record in the field, but we're talking here about Trump supporters, not sentient beings. She did, after all, manage con a whole bunch of executives at AT&T's Bell Labs and HP, none of whom could be called the idiots the Rump supporters are.

Fiorina is a perfect Rump clone-- she lies with perfect aplomb where most people are not inclined to challenge her. Whenever she speaks, she speaks with authority, even if it's a bowlfull of bullshit. But, she's not rude and obnoxious and carries herself with some sort of dignity. She is the perfect place for a Rump follower to get lost in.

Except, maybe for those who hate women, but maybe she can even get over that. Again, we're not talking the brightest bulbs here, and she has perfected the art of getting her way and getting away with it.

[TopHatCat]

6. My thinking is along these lines, too.

I expect Trump will eventually implode. Carson and Fiorina are flashes in the pan and will probably fade. Walker, despite his current dismal position, is still a Koch favorite and they might not be ready to give up on him just yet.

Or maybe in the end they will "settle" for Jeb like happened with Mitt in 2012.

[murielm99]

7. I think it depends on how long

this implosion will take, or how far into the future it will be.

If it takes long enough, Walker may drop out. His backers will stop giving him money.

[TopHatCat]

15. You were right.

Walker is dropping out. There goes my theory.

[jberryhill]

8. Satan

[Vinca]

9. I think Trump has a shot at being the nominee . . . if he wants to be.

I can't help thinking he didn't plan it this way. Now that he's got so much support he might be looking for a way to bail out. If he folds I think Cruz might pick up his followers since he's had his lips planted on Trump's behind for most of the race so far.

[brooklynite]

10. I think the critical question is: who's still standing when Trump DOES implode...

There could be several more departure (INCLUDING Walker, who's apparently hard up for funding) by the time Trump checks out.

[morningfog]

11. Like rats from one sinking ship to another.

Is there still validity to the theory that Trump will bail before he has to release his financials? What would that date be, including extensions?

[spanone]

12. walker is polling @ 0

[AlinPA]

13. By using racial slurs and ugly statements against all minorities and immigrants -Blacks, Asians,

he will rise in GOP polls. He's already hit Hispanics, women and Muslims. Now he can turn it on other minorities to capture more of the GOP voters.

[marmar]

14. Cruz is hoping to.

That's why he can't keep his lips off Trump's rear end.

[artislife]

16. What surprises me here is the dismissal of Carson

From what I understand, he is doing well with the evangelical crowd. And they vote.