http://www.vox.com/2015/10/24/9605230/ben-carson-trump-polls
According to two recent polls by Quinnipiac and Bloomberg, Ben Carson has been leading fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by just under 10 percent. The so-called "soft-spoken" and "low energy" candidate seems to be surging Trump by small margins; however, Trump remains in the lead in a majority of national polls, suggesting that Carson has yet to completely outrun Trump.
What interested me most about this article was its latter point: that Carson winning the evangelical vote was central to him winning the Iowa caucuses. According to the cited Bloomberg poll, Carson has amassed a third of the evangelical vote - more than any other candidate has - and the article has suggested that the wild allegations Carson has made (for instance, that gun control helped lead to the Holocaust, or that a Muslim should not be the United States president) have found favor and are consistent with the views of the evangelical vote - and that his incendiary lines might even help him.
I find the article's view to be absurd, and I really do hope that these statements are more exaggeration than fact. I can't bring myself to fathom that any religious party would support such statements made by Carson - and I find it harder to believe that such a party would have sufficient power to make a perceivable impact come election day. It troubles me that any one group would give Carson's words credence - and, even more, it troubles me that many voters cannot divorce religion from capability.
I read this article too!
ReplyDeleteIt really frustrates me that Ben Carson is leading in the polls due to his calm demeanor. Next to Donald Trump ANYONE is calm and poised! The fact that people are voting for someone because of the way that person acts and not for his stances and beliefs blows my mind! Ben Carson is delusional but he speaks with a calm, smug reassurance that can apparently sway Iowa people to vote for him
I think it's ridiculous that people are basing their decisions on a person's demeanor rather than the words they say. If people continue to do this, there could be another Hitler in the world. Carson's stances are absurd and they may get him votes with some religious groups but they won't get him anywhere in the race.
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