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 »
16 for ‘16, Part 2: An Elephant Rises From the Heartland?
As we discussed last week, the Democratic Party’s presidential field in 2016 hinges greatly on the decision of one person: Hillary Clinton. The Republican Party’s early primary picture is much more complicated, and the top-tier contenders are grouped much closer together at the starting gate. To us, though, there is […] Read more »