The Republican elites are extremely arrogant. T%his is about them retaining control and power, not whatever the people may want. A new Reuters poll shows that screwing Donald Trump as they are expected to do will seriously damage the party. In Reuters  poll, a third of Republican voters who support Donald Trump may simply turn their backs on the Republicans if he is denied the nomination in a contested convention. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats really are in turn with the rising anger with government as taxes rise, benefits decline, and general mismanagement prevails.

The elites who assume the Great Unwashed will return to their soap-operas and sports and let them do as they always do may be in for a real shock. Trump’s rivals as well as party elites who think they will pull this off without a hitch are dreaming. We are looking at not just a close election as fools simply vote for Hillary as if she would ever do anything for anyone but herself, and refusing to even listen to why people have gathered behind Trump will result in a devastating outcome for the Republicans not merely in 2016, but in Congress for 2018.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll asked Trump’s Republican supporters two questions: if Trump wins the most delegates in the primaries but loses the nomination, what would they do on Election Day, and how would it impact their relationship with the Republican Party? The majority (66%) said they would vote for the candidate who eventually wins the nomination. However, 33% said they would split between a number of alternatives such as not voting, supporting a third-party candidate, and switching parties and voting for the Democratic nominee. Only 58% responded saying they would remain in the Party, but 16% said they would leave it, and 26% said they did not know what they would do.