Trump vs. Establishment: Battle For The GOP

A lot of focus has been placed on the roughly 35% of Republican voters who say they will vote for Donald Trump. Often forgotten is the 65% who would prefer other candidates, many of whom bristle at Trump's lack of serious policy proposals and dependence on media exposure earned for personal insults and hatebased rhetoric. Fiscal conservatives and moderates may not be as loud as Trump supporters, but they see the 13 thousand mile wall Trump wants to build as a budget buster, they see him as a threat to global stability and global trade, and they are concerned, if not offended, by Trump's cynical targeting of women and minorities for political gain.

Republican news channels and party leaders have bent over backwards to avoid upsetting Trump, who has threatened more than once to run as a third party candidate if he does not prevail in the GOP nomination race, and take his rabid supporters with him. But on the flip side of the dilemma is the fact that many fact-based Republicans say they will reject Trump as their nominee and either stay home on election day, or cross party lines.

In this report, Jordan Chariton and Eric Byler talked to supporters of Jeb Bush at a Meredith, NH town hall and at the Republican debate in North Charleston, SC. They spoke to Donald Trump supporters in South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

See an extended version of this report with 2 and a half minutes of additional footage here

video by @EricByler @JordanChariton