Chris Christie and Jeb Bush have the highest unfavorable ratings of 11 potential White House candidates, yet Iowa’s Republican primary voters think they would have the best chance of being elected over the Democratic candidate in November 2016.
Paul Ryan, a fiscal hawk considered another establishment guy, earns the highest favorability rating in the poll. But voters don’t think he or Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry and Rand Paul — religious or liberty-leaning conservatives — are as electable as the two East Coast governors, The Des Moines Register’s latest Iowa Poll shows.
The other take-away: The GOP presidential race in Iowa is wide open. CONT.
Jennifer Jacobs, Des Moines Register