New Poll Out on Donald Trump after CPAC Appearance

Real estate developer Donald Trump made waves at the CPAC convention last week saying that Texas Representative Ron Paul would not get elected in 2012. That was met with boos and shouts of 'fascist' from Paul's followers. Now a new poll shows that Trump is not terribly popular within the GOP.

This poll is from Public Policy Polling, which tends to favor Democrats. The following was asked just of Republicans. Democrats and Independents were not asked in this poll. It is unclear what the figures would be if they were.

What is your opinion of Donald Trump?
Positive: 29%
Negative: 56%
Other/no opinion: 15%

This would definitely be a bad sign if Trump decided to run for President next year. It's been rumored that he has been considering a run but has not made an official announcement. Trump has been on many television programs lately, denouncing President Obama's plans. He has also stated that he is open to running for the office next year.

Trump has also been talking about competing with China. He keeps talking about "the Chinese" and how the PRC has been besting our economy. He sees the People's Republic as a rival rather than a partner.

However, it appears that supporters of Ron Paul would not be happy if Trump did decide to run.

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