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Hot Air Poll: Walker Is By Far The Early Favorite (Walker 48%, Cruz 28%, all others single digits)
Townhall ^ | March 14, 2015 | Daniel Doherty

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.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: 2016; polls; scottwalker; tedcruz

1 posted on 03/15/2015 2:11:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


2 posted on 03/15/2015 2:18:39 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Sorry, but Jeb shouldn’t bother running, too many in the same family.


3 posted on 03/15/2015 3:10:19 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Of the more than 1,000 readers who participated in the survey,

Garbage internet poll of readers of a conservative website.

4 posted on 03/15/2015 3:16:28 AM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


5 posted on 03/15/2015 3:16:35 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: Hugin

Then how came the Paulestinians didn’t come along and skew it like they normally do?


6 posted on 03/15/2015 3:18:25 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe they don’t read Hot Air. What difference does that make?


7 posted on 03/15/2015 3:40:26 AM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
We had a straw poll at our county convention in Muscogee County, Georgia yesterday. Results:

49 votes total:
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.).
Cruz
8 posted on 03/15/2015 3:51:15 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


9 posted on 03/15/2015 5:30:23 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


10 posted on 03/15/2015 6:22:55 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trying to read the tea leafs this early is difficult. But it is undeniable that the boring uneducated SW has momentum. I am very happy for his mojo.
11 posted on 03/15/2015 7:19:34 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: Morpheus2009

I am so tired of the Bushes and the Clintons. Why can’t they go away?


12 posted on 03/15/2015 9:12:18 PM PDT by Din Maker (Anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM for Prez in 2016?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; RitaOK; MountainDad; ...
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CRUZ or LOSE!


13 posted on 03/16/2015 1:37:02 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Grassroots support for him (Jebbie) is lukewarm at best.

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?

14 posted on 03/16/2015 4:14:49 PM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Governent is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It's clear that Rand Paul has taken over his father's role of "back-marker" in the GOP Presidential race. Finish behind him and you have been lapped.

Yes, that goes for Bush. Bush also got spanked at C-PAC.

15 posted on 03/18/2015 9:20:26 AM PDT by Jack Black ( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fiorina leads Huckabee and Santorum, in early polling.


16 posted on 03/18/2015 9:23:47 AM PDT by truth_seeker
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