# Trump could be a benefit to Republicans

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-be-a-benefit-to-republicans/725083>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 13, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-be-a-benefit-to-republicans/725083 "2015-07-13T20:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-be-a-benefit-to-republicans/725083/61 "2015-09-18T14:23:24Z")

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> [@tullsterx](#):
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> Highest CNN ratings ever!
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> [http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/17/media/cnn-republican-debate-ratings/](http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/17/media/cnn-republican-debate-ratings/)

That is really not Trump benefiting Republicans, it is more related at how the mainstream media did manage to get the political money gravy train that comes every 4 years to arrive much early.

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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-be-a-benefit-to-republicans/725083/62 "2015-09-18T15:46:20Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> That is precisely the kind of voter the Democrats need to convert (or at least get votes from) for the near future. It does pay to try to appeal to them, not focus on existing believers.

True, no doubt. Of course, he would vote for any of the “terrifying” Republicans before he’d vote for Hillary, I think. So it’s probably a lost cause.

And that’s where I do think the general gist of the OP is correct. For “sane” Republicans (you may define this however you wish), having Trump and Carson up there on the stage could very well make it easier to pull the lever for Rubio or Bush.

The down-side, of course, is that one of the crazies actually wins. But that’s still a very unlikely event, IMO.

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