Well, that was fast.
Public Policy Polling (PDF) (5/5-8, usual Republican primary voters, 4/7-10 in parens):
Mike Huckabee: 19 (17)
Mitt Romney: 18 (15)
Newt Gingrich: 13 (11)
Sarah Palin: 12 (8)
Donald Trump: 8 (26)
Ron Paul: 8 (5)
Michele Bachmann: 7 (4)
Tim Pawlenty: 5 (4)
Other/Undecided: 11 (10)
(MoE ±4%)
Wow, check out The Donald. After topping the charts a mere month ago, you'll have to put on your pince-nez and adjust your eyes several slots downward to see Trump collapsing into fifth place in the GOP primary field. I always love hearing what Tom Jensen has to say about things like this:
As Trump got more and more exposure over the last month Republicans didn't just decide they weren't interested in having him as their nominee—they also decided they flat don't like him. Only 34% of GOP voters now have a favorable opinion of Trump to 53% who view him in a negative light.
Trump really made hay out of the "birther" issue and as the resonance of that has declined, so has his standing. In February we found that 51% of Republican primary voters thought Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Now with the release of his birth certificate only 34% of GOP partisans fall into that camp, and Trump's only in fifth place with that now smaller group of the electorate at 9%.
I've got to hand it to both President Obama and Donald Trump. Obama knocked the wind out of Trump's signature issue in humiliating fashion, while Trump's own jackassery managed to make him severely disliked even among Republicans. A devastating one-two punch, but it makes me a little sad, though, because with numbers like these, we probably won't have The Donald to kick around much longer. Not too sad, though, because he got kicked pretty good while we had him! Arrrrrrivederch!