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.



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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