Posted on 01/23/2015 1:43:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
With 2735 votes counted, Scott Walker came out on top in this survey in more ways than one: he swept the first choice, second choice, and consensus pick votes. Ted Cruz is a close second, and Mitt Romney came in with a strong third place showing. Other than Ben Carson, no other candidate broke 5%. Rick Perry emerged as a strong second choice behind Walker and Cruz. The consensus choice top 5 belonged to Walker, Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Perry and Carson.
Some notable issue votes are below. Over sixty percent of primary voters are at least somewhat satisfied with the field, approval for the Netanyahu invite is sky high, and only a handful of readers would visit Cuba under present conditions.
On the health care front, not a whole lot of news. Nearly three out of four respondents see Obamacare exchange and expansion support as deal breakers for their primary votes, which creates a very low ceiling for many candidates who supported one or both of these initiatives. That scene gets even bleaker when primary demographics are taken into consideration; the older the voter, the more deal breaker-y the topic tends to become.
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Update (Ed): I’ll have more on Walker and Cruz in an upcoming post.
I’d be more enthused about Walker if he didn’t put me to sleep first...he’s pretty vanilla and close to Reince and Ryan which doesn’t help his conservative cred with me.
I like that Ted Cruz beat everyone else, even those with treasure troves of campaign cash and much more name recognition.
No Romney, no Bush, no Christie, no Huckafeller, nor Clintons either.
This is fantastic news.
Walker was supposed to be at the Koch’s with Ted, Rand and Marco but bowed out.
If Scott will stay in WI and defend it from falling back into RAT hands and governance, and endorse Ted, it’s smooth sailin’.
Walker starts out as one of my top candidates. Let’s see how he does on the campaign trail.
I predict the mass uninformed of Republican primary voters flock to Jebbie. All they know is a third Bush to lose to HRC.
Elections treated like a horse race produce not debate over issues.
I just don’t get the appeal of Romney at all. Hot Air tends to be anti-establishment, at least in the forums, so Romney is a surprise.
Here is my choice. Which one is for immediately putting up the double fence border fence? Which one favors electronic only border control? Which one favors increasing H1B tech visas?
These stupid poles so dumb down the debate everyone should be ashamed to even give them a look.
Romney appeals to the grey haired country club Republicans. They are think Nelson Rockefeller would have made a great president.
O’er here.... this chart is going to send the gope-STAB into hyperdrive.
I could stand a Cruz/Walker ticket.
bttt!
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