Xinhua, Washington :
More than six in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say Donald Trump would be best at handling the U.S. economy, a sharp contrast to his rivals, found a Gallup poll released Thursday.
Trump has taken the U.S. election season by storm, dominating the headlines and inching ever closer toward grabbing the Republican Party nomination to face off against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. While the outspoken businessman has generated a firestorm of criticism from his detractors, he remains the Republican front-runner.
Most likely reflecting his front-runner status, Trump also holds convincing leads in Republicans’ perceptions of which candidate would best handle immigration, national defense and health care, Gallup found. Trump’s strength on economic issues, compared with his major competitors, most likely reflects the billionaire’s business resume and the emphasis he places on his business experience on the campaign trail, Gallup said. Neither his rivals, either Senator Ted Cruz or Senator Marco Rubio, has a business background, and the percentages favoring these two on the economy are only 13 percent and 17 percent respectively, Gallup said. Republicans see Trump as the candidate who would accomplish what he sets out to do as president and as the candidate who would improve the United States’ standing in the world at a time when the country’s foreign policy is perceived as weak by rivals worldwide, according to Gallup. At the same time, Trump does not have the same perceived strengths on other leadership dimensions.
Indeed, Republicans are significantly more likely to say Cruz, as opposed to either Trump or Rubio, would govern as a true conservative, and Trump holds only a slim edge over Cruz as the candidate most likely to protect Americans’ constitutional rights, Gallup said.
Republicans see Rubio, whose campaign rhetoric has generated much less controversy than that of Trump or Cruz, as having the right temperament to be president, a dimension on which Trump is the least likely to be chosen, Gallup found.
Rubio ties Trump as being able to best deal effectively with Congress, which has been bitterly divided down partisan lines over the last several years.
More than six in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say Donald Trump would be best at handling the U.S. economy, a sharp contrast to his rivals, found a Gallup poll released Thursday.
Trump has taken the U.S. election season by storm, dominating the headlines and inching ever closer toward grabbing the Republican Party nomination to face off against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. While the outspoken businessman has generated a firestorm of criticism from his detractors, he remains the Republican front-runner.
Most likely reflecting his front-runner status, Trump also holds convincing leads in Republicans’ perceptions of which candidate would best handle immigration, national defense and health care, Gallup found. Trump’s strength on economic issues, compared with his major competitors, most likely reflects the billionaire’s business resume and the emphasis he places on his business experience on the campaign trail, Gallup said. Neither his rivals, either Senator Ted Cruz or Senator Marco Rubio, has a business background, and the percentages favoring these two on the economy are only 13 percent and 17 percent respectively, Gallup said. Republicans see Trump as the candidate who would accomplish what he sets out to do as president and as the candidate who would improve the United States’ standing in the world at a time when the country’s foreign policy is perceived as weak by rivals worldwide, according to Gallup. At the same time, Trump does not have the same perceived strengths on other leadership dimensions.
Indeed, Republicans are significantly more likely to say Cruz, as opposed to either Trump or Rubio, would govern as a true conservative, and Trump holds only a slim edge over Cruz as the candidate most likely to protect Americans’ constitutional rights, Gallup said.
Republicans see Rubio, whose campaign rhetoric has generated much less controversy than that of Trump or Cruz, as having the right temperament to be president, a dimension on which Trump is the least likely to be chosen, Gallup found.
Rubio ties Trump as being able to best deal effectively with Congress, which has been bitterly divided down partisan lines over the last several years.
