By far, the most bothersome bit of information tested (by the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll) about either candidate (Trump or Cruz): “Donald Trump supports the use of eminent domain to take private property for public or private projects, with compensation to the landowners.” Presented with this information, 60 percent of Republican voters said it bothered them, compared with 35 percent who said it did not. …
“The Des Moines Register’s final pre-caucus poll makes clear what Make America Awesome’s data has shown for months: Trump-inclined voters will only be dissuaded from backing him if they see Trump as just another rich guy who’s been screwing them over economically, rigging the system and then making bank while their lives get tougher,” (Liz) Mair said in a statement.
At a press conference in New Hampshire in November, I pressed Trump about his record of supporting government land seizures on behalf of private businesses. He said it was a “stupid question” and went on to defend the practice as “necessary.”
Emphasis mine.
