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33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™While many pundits have taken to describing the race for the Republican nomination as a two-man competition, a third of all voters nationwide think it would be good for the GOP if someone else jumped into the fray.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 34% of Likely U.S. Voters think it would be good for Republicans if another candidate entered the race for the party’s presidential nomination. But nearly as many (31%) say it would be bad for the party, while 24% believe it would have no impact. Twelve percent (12%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 23-24, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™
I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
It's a pretty sure bet that Obama is going to win a second term regardless of what candidate Republicans put up. Encumbancy is the most powerful political force on planet earth. We've only had three one-term presidents since WW II. I think there are probably a number of people who have their eye on the presidency...good ones...but they're not going to step up and face overwhelming odds trying to defeat Obama. 2016. Wait for it.
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™
I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
It's a pretty sure bet that Obama is going to win a second term regardless of what candidate Republicans put up. Encumbancy is the most powerful political force on planet earth. We've only had three one-term presidents since WW II. I think there are probably a number of people who have their eye on the presidency...good ones...but they're not going to step up and face overwhelming odds trying to defeat Obama. 2016. Wait for it.
It late for anyone to enter the race and complete in the primaries. However, if the primaries led to a brokered convention, i believe almost anything could happen including new candidates.33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™
I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
It late for anyone to enter the race and complete in the primaries. However, if the primaries led to a brokered convention, i believe almost anything could happen including new candidates.
I would bet a large pecentage would like someone other than Obama on the demos side. :doh
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It late for anyone to enter the race and complete in the primaries. However, if the primaries led to a brokered convention, i believe almost anything could happen including new candidates.
He is....to the cult members.Wait, I thought he was the Messiah. Make up your minds, people!
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™
I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™
I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
What I am wondering is what will happen if Gingrich manages to get the delegates to win (or come close to doing so) and the party elite pull a brokered convention anyway. Will the offended base just stay home or will they vote for the closest party to their small government / few social programs beliefs - the libertarians.Will GOP step in to prevent a Newt Gingrich nomination? - CSMonitor.com
In the past week, influential conservatives, including Rush Limbaugh and Joe Scarborough, have discussed the growing rumblings. According to Mr. LImbaugh, many in the Republican party are welcoming Gingrich's resurgence, not because they like him as a candidate but because they have misgivings about Romney. They want the race to continue all the way to the convention in Tampa, Fla., so that the party elite can pick the nominee there.
Based on Mitt's issues, Santorum's extreme social conservatism, Paul ineluctability, and Newt's volatility I'd definitely think it COULD be good for Republicans if another candidate entered that had a legitimate shot at winning it this late into the game. In part because to have such a shot it'd have to be a "big" name person....Palin, Huckabee, Paul Ryan, Jed Bush, Chris Christie, etc.
Obama was a nobody before the Democratic convention in 2004. If some previously unknown guy (or gal) was chosen as the nominee at the Republican convention, I think that would pretty much automatically make them a "big" name person . . .
If another enter the Republican stage no matter how they are they can not win at this point, there so few deluges left to give out.
I don't think this is true.
If another enter the Republican stage no matter how they are they can not win at this point, there so few deluges left to give out.
It's a pretty sure bet that Obama is going to win a second term regardless of what candidate Republicans put up. Encumbancy is the most powerful political force on planet earth. We've only had three one-term presidents since WW II. I think there are probably a number of people who have their eye on the presidency...good ones...but they're not going to step up and face overwhelming odds trying to defeat Obama. 2016. Wait for it.
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