Posted on 03/15/2015 2:11:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Our friends over at Hot Air have conducted a 2016 Republican primary poll and the results are instructive, if not earth-shattering. And yet you’re probably wondering to yourselves why the hell is he blogging about this. I’ll tell you why: Because polls such as these survey a specific kind of audience. That is to say, I suspect most people who regularly read Hot Air (and care enough to participate in their surveys) represent the base of the party. They strike me as informed, conservative Republicans who can give us greater insight into who the most popular and likable conservative candidates are right now heading into 2016.
Indeed, most 2016 public opinion polls survey “likely Republicans voters” or “registered voters”—not necessarily conservatives. This survey therefore is something worth flagging:
So there you have it. Of the more than 1,000 readers who participated in the survey, almost half would support Gov. Scott Walker (48 percent) if the general election were held today. Sens. Ted Cruz (28 percent) and Marco Rubio (6 percent) finished in second and third place, respectively. Jeb Bush, however, did not fare nearly as well as he might have hoped. He garnered only 16 total votes. So without trying to read too much into this poll, perhaps we can definitively say Jeb Bush may be a top-tier candidate overall, but no thanks to conservatives.
Grassroots support for him is lukewarm at best.
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Jeb is where he ought to be with his “Pathway” butt. Perhaps down even farther. He really should be challenging Hillary! for the Democrat Nomination. That’s where his heart truly is.
Sorry, but Jeb shouldn’t bother running, too many in the same family.
Garbage internet poll of readers of a conservative website.
Though this is a pretty small sample size, I think it is pretty indicitve that 3 out of 4 Reg. Republicans are solid conservative (Walker + Cruz = 76%). Still, I can almost guarntee that the GOP(e)will force feed someone else on that list down our throat.
Then how came the Paulestinians didn’t come along and skew it like they normally do?
Maybe they don’t read Hot Air. What difference does that make?
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Scott Walker | 23 | 47% |
| Jeb Bush | 05 | 10% |
| Ted Cruz | 04 | 08% |
| Ben Carson | 04 | 08% |
| Santorum | 03 | 06% |
| Huckabee | 03 | 06% |
| Rand Paul | 02 | 04% |
| Christie | 01 | 02% |
| The rest got fewer than three votes apiece (Rubio, Jindal, Perry, etc.). |
Only way to make it better is to bring Cruz up to the same area as Walker - then we might have a chance to have someone on the ticket that the emotionally-driven can vote for.
Jeb is taking Romney/McCain one step further and not bothering to lift a finger in respect for conservatives, EVEN IN THE PRIMARIES.
I saw this once before, in California, when Richard Riordan ran for governor as a Republican. He was a very popular and successful mayor in Los Angeles, was personally rich, and looked to be a shoo-in for the governorship - the only thing in his way was the Republican Primary.
But he spent much of his Primary days explaining how he was going to bring the (state) Republican Party into the 20th century by being more ‘inclusive’ and how he was going to get the ‘religious element’ out of the Republican Party.
He got trounced in the Primary.
I am so tired of the Bushes and the Clintons. Why can’t they go away?
CRUZ or LOSE!I'd say that statement is a real reach considering Jebbie got just 16 votes out of 1000+.
I'm a little stuned that Carly Fiorina got 11 votes. Who wants a loser like that as POTUS?
Yes, that goes for Bush. Bush also got spanked at C-PAC.
Fiorina leads Huckabee and Santorum, in early polling.
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