Half of Republicans say they think Trump is a ‘genius’ — which is probably not true but hugely telling

The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website January 23, 2018:

Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in South Carolina in January 2016. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

We may have found the one poll question that communicates just how much of the Republican Party base is fully committed to President Trump.

In response to growing questions about his mental fitness, Trump tweeted a few weeks back that he wasn’t just stable, but in fact a “very stable genius.” Polling since then has asked whether people feel Trump is indeed stable, but the new Washington Post-ABC News poll goes one step further and also asks whether Trump is a genius. Continue reading “Half of Republicans say they think Trump is a ‘genius’ — which is probably not true but hugely telling”