A Monmouth University Poll released on August 5, 2013, asked American voters to say the first word or phrase that came to mind when they heard the names of five potential candidates for president in 2016 — Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio. The following […] Read more »
Five reasons Jeb Bush would be a strong 2016 presidential contender
A few weeks ago, I asked if Republicans could find their next George W Bush. That is, someone who could unite the Republican party and present a 2016 ticket that could appeal to the general electorate. I don’t know who that candidate is, but I have a good idea who […] Read more »
2016 forecast: Rubio, Bush, Ryan have chance to win over 40% of Latino vote
While the 2016 presidential election is a full three years away many of the high profile Republican contenders are enmeshed in the immigration reform debate, and if Republicans demonstrate strong leadership on passing comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship possible candidates such as Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and […] Read more »
Ranking the 2016 Republicans in the NBC/WSJ poll
Since last December, the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll has been measuring the favorability-unfavorability numbers for the potential 2016 candidates. And here’s a fun little exercise First Read has undertaken: We’ve ranked the Republican possibilities by popularity — among GOP respondents in the poll, as well conservatives respondents. There are two […] Read more »
2016 Heirs Apparent
For the second presidential election in a row, Democrats have an obvious “heir apparent” for the nomination, while Republicans, for the third election in a row, have a crowded field with no obvious first choice candidate. In the olden days, it was Democrats who had the messy and unpredictable primaries, […] Read more »
More than 75% believe they will see a female president in their lifetime
More than 75 percent of Americans believe they will see a female president in their lifetime, according to a comprehensive national survey conducted by two entities of the University of Arkansas System. … Poll questions released Wednesday also covered the 2012 presidential election results, attitudes toward women in the workplace […] Read more »