Twelve percent is enough to nominate Jebbie; he’s not in it to win the election but to be nominated.
No disrespect to Dr. Carson, but the fact he is at 14% totally blows this poll all to hell as useless.
Will not vote for a Wisconsin governor, no matter his bona fides. For all the good electing a president will do, I’d just as soon stay home, but if I go to the polls, it’s Cruz or nobody.
I’m still with Ted Cruz!!
Anyone that puts the huckster and mr. actoflove over Conservatives is suspect in my opinion.
Not my first choice, though hardly a bad one. But honestly there are only two on that list that I could not in conscience vote for under any circumstances. Of course in the General Election my vote is meaningless because of where I live.
Isn’t this a reflection of Walker’s wobbliness on Corn As Fuel?
I think Cruz is against the corn subsidy on conservative principle. Walker is not clear, giving the farmers hope he’ll back their IV supply of your tax money.
Wait till they take a poll, if they do, taking in Ted’s Announcement and all the excitement it generated in the base.
Numbers are not going to look even remotely the same.
The fact that Jeb Bush is higher than Cruz boggles the mind. I can understand Walker, but Bush? He who has all the charisma of a dirty old shoe? This poll is too weird.
Walker’s vault to head of the pack happened immediately after Rush spoke highly of his accomplishments.
I wonder if Cruz’s numbers will rise now that Rush has spoken highly of him. Rush did seem to be more impressed with Walker, however.
Once Carson’s and Huchabee’s people move their support to Cruz, he’ll have 32%.
The caucus is 10 months away. And any polls showing Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee in the top 5 are going to change a whole lot between now and then
Walker - yes.
Bush - no, h*ll no. Noooooooooo! Nope, Nada!!
I’m okay with either Walker or Cruz winning, although I strongly prefer Cruz.
As for Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Chris Christie, I will not vote for an anti-2nd Amendment candidate, nor will I vote for someone who supports Amnesty or Obamacare. I’m flexible on most things, but those three issues are existential threats to our country, and Christie fails in all three areas, while Bush is at best questionable on them and a catastrophic failure on Amnesty.
Then there’s Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul,and Donald Trump. Carson is too inexperienced and does not understand the 2nd Amendment. I might warm to him over time (perhaps a couple terms in the US Senate), but not in 2016. Huckabee has tried too many times and can’t win with a national audience. Rand Paul is quirky, with a bonus that his father is nuts. I’m not thrilled with Paul, but I might consider him. Trump worries me. He’s better than any democrat, but I’m not sure what he would really do.
I am going to sound like the Kerry / Edwards people back in 2004.
ANYONE BUT BUSH!!!
What is gun grabber Carson doing in the middle of these polls? Are we going to nominate a candidate because he’s black next?
In June 2012 in IA it was
Bachmann 21% (won straw poll)
Romney 20%
RuPaul 18%
Shortly after the Straw Poll and after Rick Perry’s Entry, but before Perry had the “3 points” debate meltdown
Perry 19%
Romney 18%
RuPaul 18%
After Perry’s fall to the wayside and Herman Cain’s 9-9-9
but before Romney’s insiders and pals in NJ did him in with the made up scandals
Cain 20%
Romney 20%
RuPaul 19%
After Newt comes out of nowhere and surges right before Christmas but before he dropped back down again after comments during the week before the Caucus
Romney 23%
Newt 21%
RuPaul 18%
Caucus day. Rick Santorum griped about being the only one not to get a chance to surge. The surge happened a little unexpectedly on Election day and gave him a 25 vote win.
Santorum 25%
Romney 25%
RuPaul 20%
So Polls at this stage are meaningless.
The only generalization we can make is that IA has roughly 25% of RINO voters, about 20-30% Social Issues only conservatives, 15-20% libertarians that may or may not actually be as insane as RuPaul and 20-25% up for grabs that gets distributed to the other candidates.
This means a Republican that wins IA in a crowded field with 40% or more of the vote looks strong.
No way would I support Walker. Absolutely no way. I like Cruz. He is not afraid to tell it like it is. He is a quality candidate who does not have to rely on family names or personal wealth.