Mike Berman’s Washington Watch

August 10, 2013 8:57 AM

2016

It is way too early to handicap the 2016 Presidential race. So, for the foreseeable future the Watch’s only attention to the race will be to keep a running list of folks who are getting serious mention.

Republicans Democrats
Jeb Bush Joe Biden
Chris Christie Hillary Clinton
Bobby Jindal Andrew Cuomo
Rand Paul Kristin Gillibrand
Marco Rubio Amy Klobuchar
Paul Ryan Martin O’Malley
  Elizabeth Warren


68% of Americans favor a “nationwide popular vote” on any issue if enough voters sign a petition requesting it.

  • 74% of Republicans
  • 69% of Independents
  • 64% of Democrats
58% believe that nationwide, one-day Presidential primaries should be used to select party nominees.

  • 69% of Republicans
  • 57% of Independents
  • 57% of Democrats
61% would “shorten Presidential campaigns to just five weeks in late September and October before the November election.”

  • 62% of Republicans
  • 66% of Independents
  • 55% of Democrats
[Gallup 7/2013]



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