Posted on 12/16/2013 1:44:43 PM PST by BarnacleCenturion
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is the most popular of the would-be 2016 Republican contenders among Iowa Republicans, handily outstripping his potential competition in the state that holds the first nominating contest every four years, according to a new poll.
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, on the other hand, sits at the bottom of the pack. Just 46 percent of Iowa Republicans say they have a favorable view of him, compared to 17 percent who hold an unfavorably view. Despite frequent trips to the state in recent months, he is still not well known to many Republicans: 37 percent still say they are unsure of what they think of Cruz.
Cruz is tied with another Senate Republican: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who is also viewed favorably by just 46 percent of Iowa Republicans. 15 percent say they view him unfavorably. Rubio’s role in crafting a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate earlier this year has been cited as a mark against him by some Iowa Republicans.
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Iowa?????I-o-wa!!!!Is that close to Wis-con-sin??????
I Cannot argue with your sentiment, for I feel the same way. However it is a tad early to be going out on a limb.
Third party however may prove to be the only option available, but that is a few years down the road.
Throwing rocks this early will piss-off everyone
IA would probably be for Boehner if he would run.
Ignore Des Moines Red Start polls. The bird will get more use out of them.
“I’ll vote libertarian and waste my vote.”
Maybe not a waste. At least in Arizona, a party needs a minimum number of votes to field a candidate for office in the next election. Last year, Gov Brewer signed a law to make it more difficult for 3rd parties to get on the ballot - the 2 major parties will have no problem. I’m not a believer in holding my nose to vote for a candidate. If you vote for ****, you can’t be surprised when that’s what you get.
Early!
I’m still PO’d from the last election.
Ryan is a dead RINO walkin’!
Hillary is no slam dunk. Watch out for Elizabeth Warren as the RAT's fall back position!!
There are already 53 "third parties". Any semi-successful "third party" would only guarantee permanent committee control to the RATs.
The only answer is infiltrating and taking control of the GOP...or even better, both parties.
Discouraging. Shows the media and Karl Rove are again picking the “designated” GOP candidate....sickening
Fauxcahontas...the fake Indian!
This poll is simply a favorability poll, not a poll of who Iowans would vote for. Cruz’ unfavorables aren’t any worse than most of the candidates. The number of people who simply don’t seem to know who he is seems higher than all the other candidates.
RINO Medved was practically anointing Ryan the nominee on his radio show today and praising his budget deal. The greatest quality RINOs seem to admire in a candidate is a desire to NOT fight Democrats.
It's simply a favorability rating poll. Name recognition goes a long way to getting high marks there, and Ryan as the last V.P. candidate has the most by far. I doubt many Republicans would've said they don't like Ryan before this budget deal. And most people in this poll aren't glued to the screen watching breaking news about budget deals.
Ryan, a conservative? Who knew? He hides it so well!
Ryan is McCain and Romney all rolled into to one smirking package of deceit. He’s the next generation of Vichy Republicans.
Count me in on that, too.
Ignore the nasty comments from the GOPbots and Republican't Zampolits who accuse us of betraying all that is good and right because we refuse to support their Ruling Class Uniparty back-stabbers. They're worse than battered women who sob "but I love him!" while getting stitches.
This is now surprise, given tha Iowa and Wisconsin are neighbors. Besides that, Iowa is kind of a blue state.
Has Lindsey Graham announced yet? Bet he takes the country by storm.
It doesn't mean much, but that's not why (the Iowa GOP is more evangelical/Christian right than anything else). It doesn't mean much for two reasons. First, the caucuses are over two years away - no poll means *anything* this far out. Second, the poll doesn't even ask who the respondent would vote for - it only asks whether they "like" the person.
Oh, and it's not a poll of likely voters, it's a poll of Republican "adults."
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