American Bridge is on the ground in South Carolina, talking to Republican voters to see how they’re feeling ahead of tomorrow’s GOP primary. Let’s just say that — as in Iowa and New Hampshire — things are not looking great for the GOP establishment. Voters are unhappy with the likes of Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, but they’re even colder on the GOP establishment’s last-ditch hopes for a contested convention. As one Trump supporter put it: “I think it’d be the demise of the Republican Party.”
Here are some other highlights:
On Marco Rubio…
- “You’ve got to go and do you job.”
- “The robo answers…”
- “And he just keeps repeating himself over and over again.”
On Jeb Bush…
- “We don’t want another Bush.”
On Trump, a third-party run, and a contested convention…
- “The GOP would sink itself if it’d do [a contested convention]…”
- “Obviously, [a contested convention] wouldn’t be fair.”
- “If Trump were a third-party candidate, I’d vote for him…”
- “I would follow him into a third party and vote. I think it’d be the demise of the Republican Party.”
Published: Feb 19, 2016