Quote:Donald Trump has a decisive lead over GOP presidential candidates in the great state of North Carolina, a Public Policy Polling study has found. According to the poll, Trump is leading the rest of the Republican field at 24%, followed by 14% for Ben Carson, 13% for Jeb Bush, and 10% for Ted Cruz.

But there is a surprise candidate making a charge in North Carolina who did not participate in the first GOP debate.

From Public Policy Polling:




Finally another declared independent candidate, Deez Nuts, polls at 9% in North Carolina to go along with his 8% in Minnesota and 7% in Iowa in our recent polling. Trump leads Clinton 40/38 when he’s in the mix.


Yes, Deez Nuts has risen above his BOFA violation to make an August push. Election experts and analysts believe Nuts’ campaign would benefit significantly by naming his vice presidential running mate early. Seymour Butts seems like the most obvious selection.

Mr. Nuts has filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, along with 535 other presidential hopefuls. He’s based in Iowa and is listed as an independent.




It’s important to note that the FEC requires prospective candidates to fill out a single page of basic information, doesn’t verify any of the identities submitted, and places all of the forms on its website, assuming the information has been properly filled in.

(08-19-2015, 07:19 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Good stuff.  What isn't a joke, is the fact that The Donald is still in the race, and his lead is continuing to grow.  Most prognosticators said that once candidates had to start speaking about policy, he would have been an afterthought...  (fredtoast is just loving this!)

(08-19-2015, 08:28 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Fortunately, I continue to believe Trump really had no chance (ok, I HAVE to believe that....I mean, hell I'd maybe even vote for Hillary).

Still, I can't help but chuckle at all the other candidates, the media and supporters of other candidates saying Trump isn't giving any details, policies, plans, etc...Ummm, who has? (Ben Carson's tithing tax system doesn't count!)

Everyone keeps trying to knock Trump down and he keeps climbing in the polls.  It really is comical (until it becomes alarming).

(08-19-2015, 09:36 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Trump has no chance because he's just doing this for publicity and he realizes that "having all the answers" only works when you aren't the one in power to change anything.  He'll get far enough to say "I could have been President" and then he will leave the race citing some excuse about wanting to be free of the flawed system.  Same thing Palin did when she realized she could make more money pointing out why things are "bad" from the private sector.

Like Palin, Trump will come up with an excuse that his supporters will eat up as they await to buy more of his "Here is what I would change" propaganda.  Book it.  Then again, I could be wrong.

(08-19-2015, 10:11 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Oh look, another Trump thread.

(08-19-2015, 10:20 PM)GMDino Wrote:

(08-19-2015, 11:08 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yeah, you and some other guys around here keep trying to make a mockery of the Trump campaign, yet he continues to rise.  Why is that? 

(08-19-2015, 11:08 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yeah, you and some other guys around here keep trying to make a mockery of the Trump campaign, yet he continues to rise.  Why is that? 

(08-19-2015, 11:08 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yeah, you and some other guys around here keep trying to make a mockery of the Trump campaign, yet he continues to rise.  Why is that? 

Quote:Deez Nuts, running as an Independent, is now putting up some of the best third-party candidate numbers in two decades


Many know that Donald Trump’s presence has thrown a wrench in the race for the Republican nomination, stirring up discontent among voters with government and politicians. But there’s another non-politician who has thrown his hat in the ring and is making headlines: the top-polling Independent candidate, Deez Nuts.

Deez Nuts, who is actually a high school boy in Iowa named Brady Olson, came in at 9% in a recent Public Policy Polling poll of voters in North Carolina that match him up against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

“I am a 15-year-old who filled out a form, had the campaign catch on fire, and am now putting up the best third-party numbers since Ross Perot,” Olson told the Guardian in an email. “I’ve told my family and some of my friends from school. They still think it’s hilarious.”

The name comes from a 90’s rap song by Dr. Dre.

There are a host of reasons that Deez Nuts’ apparent zeitgeist isn’t a real factor in the race, including the fact that PPP’s polling often errs on the silly side in terms of questioning, and it’s a Democratic polling company. Jim Williams, an analyst at PPP who conducted the poll, said a segment of voters also are attracted to non-establishment party candidates. ““You could call [the third party candidate] anything,” he said to the Guardian, “and they would get their 7% or 8%.”

Still, the Deez Nuts momentum is part of a larger trend in the primary season, in which voters are bucking career politician candidates. Trump, neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former tech CEO Carly Fiorina, the three mainstream candidates who haven’t held elected office, have all also seen polling bumps in recent weeks.

The PPP poll was a survey of 957 voters in North Carolina, 406 of which were Republican primary voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.9%

(08-19-2015, 07:19 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Good stuff.  What isn't a joke, is the fact that The Donald is still in the race, and his lead is continuing to grow.  Most prognosticators said that once candidates had to start speaking about policy, he would have been an afterthought...  (fredtoast is just loving this!)

(08-19-2015, 11:08 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yeah, you and some other guys around here keep trying to make a mockery of the Trump campaign, yet he continues to rise.  Why is that? 

(08-20-2015, 12:56 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: Have you never watched a primary race before?  Hillary was killing it at some point in 2007.

(08-19-2015, 09:46 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: This is pretty much how I see it going. 

Trump is an egotistical blowhard that has a following simply because he's not a part of the political system that many people despise.  

(08-20-2015, 01:25 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Which is funny, because he is a part of that political system. He's the type that makes the political system be the shit show that it is by pumping money towards candidates and legislators once they are elected.

Wait, did I say funny? I meant sad. Sad that those people are not bright enough to recognize this.

(08-19-2015, 11:08 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yeah, you and some other guys around here keep trying to make a mockery of the Trump campaign, yet he continues to rise.  Why is that?