{"id":2010506,"date":"2023-08-24T08:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-news-for-fox-poll-shows-large-chunk-of-republicans-skipped-debate-after-trump-snubbed-network\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:38:32","slug":"bad-news-for-fox-poll-shows-large-chunk-of-republicans-skipped-debate-after-trump-snubbed-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-news-for-fox-poll-shows-large-chunk-of-republicans-skipped-debate-after-trump-snubbed-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox received bad news as a poll revealed that a significant number of Republicans boycotted the debate following Trump&#8217;s decision to snub the network."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbad-news-for-fox-poll-shows-large-chunk-of-republicans-skipped-debate-after-trump-snubbed-network%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Is a \u200dRepublican presidential debate without former President Donald Trump \u200dworth watching?<\/h2>\n<p>A \u2064<a title=\"Hollywood Liberals Dumping Massive Amounts Of Money Into Georgia Senate Runoffs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-liberals-dumping-massive-amounts-of-money-into-georgia-senate-runoffs\/\">large chunk<\/a> \u200cof Republicans don\u2019t seem to think so.<\/p>\n<p>A slim majority of\u2064 52 percent \u2063of Republicans indicated\u200d they would watch Wednesday\u200d night\u2019s GOP \u2064primary debate on Fox News \u2064in an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cdn.yougov.com\/qaelwix52p\/econTabReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economist\/YouGov<\/a> \u200d poll \u200creleased the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Of this\u2064 demographic, only 19 percent said they \u201cdefinitely\u201d would watch the contest.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2063larger 33 percent of Republicans said they \u201cprobably\u201d would watch the Milwaukee event.<\/p>\n<p>By\u2064 comparison, 36 percent\u2063 said they weren\u2019t\u2063 planning\u200c to watch \u2014 with \u200c15 percent \u201cdefinitely\u201d assured of their decision.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve percent of Republicans weren\u2019t sure about their plans for the debate.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Fox received bad news as a poll revealed that a significant number of Republicans boycotted the debate following Trump's decision to snub the network.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-news-for-fox-poll-shows-large-chunk-of-republicans-skipped-debate-after-trump-snubbed-network\/\">online\u200d poll surveyed 1<\/a>,309 registered voters Saturday through Tuesday. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>More Democrats appeared\u200b interested in the\u200b spectacle than independents, with 42 percent of the former indicating a probable or definite plan to watch.<\/p>\n<p>A mere 27 percent of non-affiliated\u2062 voters had the \u200csame idea.<\/p>\n<p>Across party demographics, 38 percent\u200b of Americans said they planned to view the debate, while 47 \u200bpercent said they had other\u2064 plans.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-makes-final-decision-debates-not-just-first-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> he had decided against attending the debate days before\u200b the \u2062contest.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP front-runner also said he is opting out of all\u200c primary debates, citing his overwhelming lead in the\u200b polls.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of facing his challengers on \u200ba debate stage, Trump appeared in a prerecorded interview with former Fox News \u200chost Tucker Carlson released online during the same time frame \u200bas the debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ep. 19 Debate Night with Donald J Trump \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayPfII48CO\">pic.twitter.com\/ayPfII48CO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1694513603251241143?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The former president\u2019s <a title=\"Democrat Mayor Whose Police Command Force Quit Hit With Gun\u00a0Charge, Child Endangerment\u00a0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-mayor-whose-police-command-force-quit-hit-with-gun-charge-child-endangerment\/\">numerous criminal charges<\/a> were discussed during the \u2062debate Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates \u2064were asked whether they would support \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-takes-brutal-direct-shot-bidens-physical-health-cant-lift-feet-off-2-inch-wh-grass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> as the Republican nominee if he is convicted.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the eight candidates \u2014 Florida\u2064 Gov. Rob \u200dDeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.N. Ambassador\u2064 Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum \u2014 \u2062raised their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Former New Jersey Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christie-accuses-ramaswamy-plagiarizing-obama-vivek-claps-back-bear-hug-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Christie<\/a> and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson did not.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We need to stop normalizing \u200bDonald Trump\u2019s\u200c conduct. It\u2019s beneath the office of the Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Boo all you want, \u200bI\u2019m not going to stop telling the truth.\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VGinbGuiqT\">pic.twitter.com\/VGinbGuiqT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris\u2064 Christie (@GovChristie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovChristie\/status\/1694536213116444784?\">August 24,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie was\u2064 booed by the Milwaukee audience\u2063 when he explained his stance.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bad-news-fox-poll-shows-large-chunk-republicans-skipped-debate-trump-snubbed-network\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bad\u2064 News for Fox: Poll Shows Large Chunk of Republicans Skipped Debate After Trump Snubbed Network<\/a> appeared first on\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican debate without Donald Trump isn&#8217;t appealing to many Republicans. According to an Economist\/YouGov poll, only 52% of Republicans would watch the GOP primary debate on Fox News. Among them, just 19% expressed interest in watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2010507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Fox received bad news as a poll revealed that a significant number of Republicans boycotted the debate following Trump&#8217;s decision to snub the network.","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Fox received bad news as a poll revealed that a significant number of Republicans boycotted the debate following Trump&#8217;s decision to snub the network.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}