Gallup’s recent poll indicates the GOP doesn’t yet have a powerhouse contender for the nomination:
Underscoring the relative weakness of the potential 2016 crop of Republican candidates compared with their forerunners in prior campaigns, the candidates with the best scores at this early stage of the 2016 campaign would rank as only third best among the 2008 field, behind Giuliani and eventual nominee John McCain, and as fourth best in the 2000 campaign behind Bush, Dole and Steve Forbes.
Certainly nothing close to Hillary in terms of being known. It’ll be interesting to see how these numbers fluctuate as the contenders spread their message – and their missteps. The latest declared candidate, Rand Paul, is right in the thick of things:
Correlating these numbers with the candidates as they reveal more of their agendas should give an interesting insight into the composition and collective thoughts of the GOP.
