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How Donald Trump Is Winning Over Anti-Wall Street Republicans

He's taking a detour on the capitalist road.
Trump Tower, owned by Trump Organization Inc. Chief Executive Officer and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, stands in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Trump told Bloomberg Television that he agrees the carried interest tax "loophole" should be eliminated and that it is a "tremendous burden" on the country's finances.

Trump Tower, owned by Trump Organization Inc. Chief Executive Officer and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, stands in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Trump told Bloomberg Television that he agrees the carried interest tax "loophole" should be eliminated and that it is a "tremendous burden" on the country's finances.

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It may sound absurd that a super-rich real estate mogul who peddles opulence is enticing voters who are fed up with the finance community.

And yet a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll reveals that a whopping 65 percent of Republican front-runner Donald Trump's supporters say they're "unsatisfied" or "mad as hell" at Wall Street.