Donald Trump – love him or hate him … and Republicans do.

Some love the bombastic billionaire’s style and chutzpah.
Others hate that he leads in the polls and could be driving the GOP into a
ditch.

The Republican establishment becomes more worried about Trump
with each new set of poll numbers that is released.

The CNN/ORC survey that came out Tuesday shows that a
solid majority, 58 percent of Republicans, believe that Trump as the nominee
will hurt the party’s chances of winning in 2016.

At the same time, Trump has a big lead and he is the
runaway winner on three key issues – the economy, immigration and ISIS.

According to the poll, 45 percent trust Trump more than
any other Republican candidate on the economy — up 25 points since June. Though his controversial immigration plan has been called expensive and unworkable, 44
percent of the GOP respondents said they trust Trump over the others on illegal immigration — up 30 points
since June. Who’s best to take on ISIS? Some 32 percent say it’s Trump.

Here’s the most important point: No other candidate comes
close on any of these issues.

CNN reported that, on the economy and illegal
immigration, Trump is far and away the top choice even among Republicans who
support someone else for the nomination.

Overall, the CNN/ORC survey finds Trump with the support
of 24 percent of Republican registered voters. His nearest competitor, former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, stands 11 points behind at 13 percent. Just
behind Bush, retired
neurosurgeon Ben Carson has 9 percent, Florida Sen.
Marco Rubio and Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker, 8 percent, Kentucky Sen.
Rand Paul, 6 percent, Texas Sen.
Ted Cruz, former tech
CEO Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov.
John Kasich all land at 5 percent, with former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee rounding out the top 10 at 4 percent.

The party establishment tends to lean toward Bush, Rubio
or Walker. But those three combined are barely outpolling Trump.

“Party leaders need to find a way to actually pry support
away from one of the candidates who’s unacceptable to them,” wrote Matt
Iglesias of Vox. “So far, they have no idea how to do that.”

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