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LAREDO, TEXAS - JULY 23: Republican Presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump exits his plane during his trip to the border on July 23, 2015 in Laredo, Texas. Trump's recent comments, calling some immigrants from Mexico as drug traffickers and rapists, have stirred up reactions on both sides of the aisle. Although fellow Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has denounced Trump's comments and his campaign in general, U.S. Senator from Texas Ted-Cruz has so far refused to bash his fellow Republican nominee. (Photo by Matthew Busch/Getty Images)

Americans are most worried about electing a bad President

Tim Montgomerie
9 February 2016
LAREDO, TEXAS - JULY 23: Republican Presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump exits his plane during his trip to the border on July 23, 2015 in Laredo, Texas. Trump's recent comments, calling some immigrants from Mexico as drug traffickers and rapists, have stirred up reactions on both sides of the aisle. Although fellow Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has denounced Trump's comments and his campaign in general, U.S. Senator from Texas Ted-Cruz has so far refused to bash his fellow Republican nominee. (Photo by Matthew Busch/Getty Images)

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What is “the greatest threat to American strength in the world”? That was a question we put to YouGov’s First Verdict panel – giving respondents the option to name up to three top threats. These were the results:

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Many respondents will, of course, mean different things by “electing the wrong President”. Some will probably have a “President Trump” in mind. For others the nightmare prospect will be a “President Bernie Sanders” or a “President Ted Cruz”. It underlines how America’s choice on 8th November 2016 is likely to define this year.

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Tim Montgomerie

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Tim Montgomerie is a conservative writer and the founder of ConservativeHome.

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