Teflon Don Rises: Trump Jumps In Poll After McCain Controversy

  • by: Alan Duke

Donald Trump's controversial comments about John McCain's hero status apparently did not hurt -- and may have boosted -- his standing in the Republican race for president, according to the latest CNN/ORC national poll published Sunday.

Trump was the choice of 18% of GOP voters, with Jeb Bush following at 15% and Scott Walker at 10%. The billionaire does even better among voters who said they've narrowed their choices down to one or two candidates, according to the CNN poll. He has 24%, while Bush is at 16% and Walker at 10%.

This bump for Trump seems to defy conventional political wisdom, considering how cable network panelists almost uniformly predicted his suggestion that McCain was no hero just because he was a Vietnam War POW for five years.

Read more about the CNN/ORC poll here.

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  Alan Duke

Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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