PPP National Poll: Trump +1 against Mark Cuban

[The Other Castro]

The full poll results will be released tomorrow:

If the candidates for President next time were Democrat Mark Cuban and Republican Donald Trump, who would you vote for?

Donald Trump - 41%
Mark Cuban - 40%
Not sure - 19%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Mark Cuban?

Favorable - 27%
Unfavorable - 28%
Not sure - 45%

Poll of 941 RV conducted over 2/21-2/22.

http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-mark-cuban-trump-2020-2017-2

[Mr. Morden]

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Mark Cuban?

Favorable - 27%
Unfavorable - 28%
Not sure - 45%

That makes him slightly less well known than Elizabeth Warren, who trails Trump by 6 points according to Morning Consult:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=258959.0

Then again, those are different pollsters, and I suspect Morning Consult may be a bit friendlier to Trump than PPP.

[Progressive]

I'm telling you re: my post below, I think Cuban could be the guy

[Suburbia]

Cuban would be formidable. African-Americans know him as the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks and other ventures. There is a large Latino population in Texas that would vote for him. He'd make TX, NC and other Southern states competitive.

[Suburbia]

He'd make TX competitive.

lol

A lot of Texans know Cuban.

[Classic Conservative]

He'd make TX competitive.

lol

A lot of Texans know Cuban.

And a lot of New Yorkers know Trump...

[Mr. Morden]

He'd make TX competitive.

lol

A lot of Texans know Cuban.

You mean know him personally or know who he is?  I would assume that if he actually won the Democratic nomination for president, then every voter in the country would know who he is.

[Figueira]

African-Americans know him as the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks and other ventures.

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[JA]

http://deadspin.com/137464/mark-cubans-crush-on-ayn-rand

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Ah yes, that's exactly what the Democratic Party needs - to elect a man who shares his favorite book and author with Paul Ryan and the Paul family. I could see that working very well.

[politics_king]

Mark Cuban as the Libertarian candidate or just an Ross Perot independent run is possible. Possibly play spoiler to Trump.

[Mr. Morden]

Full poll here:

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2017/PPP_Release_National_22417.pdf

Cuban vs. Trump crosstabs:

men: Trump +9
women: Cuban +6
Democrats: Cuban +51
Republicans: Trump +74
Independents: Cuban +4
whites: Trump +18
blacks: Cuban +69
Hispanics: Cuban +35
age 18-29: Cuban +11
age 30-45: Trump +6
age 46-65: Cuban +1
age 65+: Trump +9

Cuban fav/unfav margin crosstabs:

men: +1
women: -1
Democrats: +18
Republicans: -24
Independents: -2
whites: -5
blacks: +37
Hispanics: -6
age 18-29: -8
age 30-45: +15
age 46-65: -3
age 65+: -6

[RI]

No way Cuban comes anywhere close to the Democratic nomination. I certainly would never, ever vote for him.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm telling you re: my post below, I think Cuban could be the guy

How can he be the guy if he's losing to the Trump?

[Ronnie]

Mark Cuban as the Libertarian candidate or just an Ross Perot independent run is possible. Possibly play spoiler to Trump.

Yeah, I'm worried most about this prospect.  He would go nowhere in a Dem primary.

[Santander]

http://deadspin.com/137464/mark-cubans-crush-on-ayn-rand

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Ah yes, that's exactly what the Democratic Party needs - to elect a man who shares his favorite book and author with Paul Ryan and the Paul family. I could see that working very well.

I not a fan of Cuban, but surely there is a difference between saying that a book inspired your work ethic and having a Randian view of government?

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Do I think Cuban wins Texas? No. Do I think he makes Trump waste time and money there? Absolutely.

He's already showing strength as a candidate. This next election will be won by who can look like the sane person in the room, and Cuban is a great choice for that.

[Devout Centrist]

http://deadspin.com/137464/mark-cubans-crush-on-ayn-rand

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Ah yes, that's exactly what the Democratic Party needs - to elect a man who shares his favorite book and author with Paul Ryan and the Paul family. I could see that working very well.

The Fountainhead is a lot better than Atlas Shrugged, tbf

[SCNCmod]

Which other candidates do they have match-up polls vs Trump?

[OneJ]

"How much cable TV for Trump?"
-29% say None
-33% say less than one hour
-20% say 1-2 hours

Lol.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Who the hell is Mark Cuban?

[krazen1211]

Who the hell is Mark Cuban?

He is a major hoss who owns the Dallas Mavericks.

You should like him.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

You should like him.

Any particular reason why?

[krazen1211]

You should like him.

Any particular reason why?

Well, he is the type of fellow you might want to have a beer with.

And he can self-fund. Although if the Democrats want to be the party of the Rich maybe that second one doesn't matter much.

[Mr. Morden]

Who the hell is Mark Cuban?

Billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks who has a long-running feud with Trump, and backed Hillary Clinton in last year's election.  Had previously said that he would never run for office, but last week said "we will see" when asked about a 2020 run:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=233345.msg5523862#msg5523862

He's an Independent who's thought to be libertarian-ish, so it's really not clear that he'd run as a Democrat.  He might just go 3rd party.  Last week he wore a #46 jersey (as in president #46, after Trump who's the 45th president) to the NBA celebrity all-star game, though there's a good chance that was just meant to troll people (or maybe Trump specifically) after the media speculation about him running for president:

[Coolface Sock #42069]

If you vote for Mark Cuban to be president, you're asking for a tornado full of sharks to hit DC. Ian Ziering told me so.