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33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race

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While many pundits have taken to describing the race for the Republican nomination as a two-man competition, a third of all voters nationwide think it would be good for the GOP if someone else jumped into the fray.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 34% of Likely U.S. Voters think it would be good for Republicans if another candidate entered the race for the party’s presidential nomination. But nearly as many (31%) say it would be bad for the party, while 24% believe it would have no impact. Twelve percent (12%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)


The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 23-24, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™

I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
 
I'm not surprised there are many GOP voters who are not exactly thrilled with the current crop of candidates, but having said that anyone who gets into this race now needs to get their head checked.
 
I'm surprised it's just a third. When you're having 20-point swings every month it's a pretty good indication that folks are not happy with any of the candidates.
 
Frolicking Dinosaurs said:
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™

I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
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It's a pretty sure bet that Obama is going to win a second term regardless of what candidate Republicans put up. Encumbancy is the most powerful political force on planet earth. We've only had three one-term presidents since WW II. I think there are probably a number of people who have their eye on the presidency...good ones...but they're not going to step up and face overwhelming odds trying to defeat Obama. 2016. Wait for it.
 
MaggieD said:
It's a pretty sure bet that Obama is going to win a second term regardless of what candidate Republicans put up. Encumbancy is the most powerful political force on planet earth. We've only had three one-term presidents since WW II. I think there are probably a number of people who have their eye on the presidency...good ones...but they're not going to step up and face overwhelming odds trying to defeat Obama. 2016. Wait for it.
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I agree that is understood and why the field are all has-been political failures and losers. The best or strongest of the GOP potentials opted out.
 
Frolicking Dinosaurs said:
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™

I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
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Seems if if the Republicans could only run "none of the above" in the primaries, he would win. Then the Republicans could rename him "Generic Republican Candidate" and they might actually have a shot at the White House.
 
I would bet a large pecentage would like someone other than Obama on the demos side. :doh

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MaggieD said:
It's a pretty sure bet that Obama is going to win a second term regardless of what candidate Republicans put up. Encumbancy is the most powerful political force on planet earth. We've only had three one-term presidents since WW II. I think there are probably a number of people who have their eye on the presidency...good ones...but they're not going to step up and face overwhelming odds trying to defeat Obama. 2016. Wait for it.
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We've had three one-term presidents since Vietnam if you include Ford.
 
Frolicking Dinosaurs said:
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™

I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
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It late for anyone to enter the race and complete in the primaries. However, if the primaries led to a brokered convention, i believe almost anything could happen including new candidates.
 
A couple weeks ago it was 58% of Republicans that said they were not satisfied with any of their choices. I suspect the number is only falling because they're realizing it is too late, not because they're getting more excited about the candidates. If anything, they seem to be steadily getting less impressed by their candidates.
 
pbrauer said:
It late for anyone to enter the race and complete in the primaries. However, if the primaries led to a brokered convention, i believe almost anything could happen including new candidates.
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Will GOP step in to prevent a Newt Gingrich nomination? - CSMonitor.com


In the past week, influential conservatives, including Rush Limbaugh and Joe Scarborough, have discussed the growing rumblings. According to Mr. LImbaugh, many in the Republican party are welcoming Gingrich's resurgence, not because they like him as a candidate but because they have misgivings about Romney. They want the race to continue all the way to the convention in Tampa, Fla., so that the party elite can pick the nominee there.​
 
We can only hope that Newt wins it outright. :thumbs:
 
TOJ said:
I would bet a large pecentage would like someone other than Obama on the demos side. :doh

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Wait, I thought he was the Messiah. Make up your minds, people!
 
pbrauer said:
It late for anyone to enter the race and complete in the primaries. However, if the primaries led to a brokered convention, i believe almost anything could happen including new candidates.
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Hmm. Perhaps that's been the plan all along: get these guys (who no one likes anyways) to beat each other up for 9 months, then bring forward someone totally different at the last moment and take Obama by surprise. They would certainly take media attention away from him - Obama's been here for years, and the whole country would want to know more about this new guy who suddenly popped up.
 
Frolicking Dinosaurs said:
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™

I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
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Nah its a supposition on your part. Until they question independents, we dont know.

Besides the more complicated issues and problems are, the more differing opinions you get on how to solve them. Seems reasonable that people would want more voting choices.
 
Well if they'd let Buddy Roemer in the debates then they'd have their new candidate to surge with. One I could actually get behind.
 
Frolicking Dinosaurs said:
33% of GOP Voters Say It Would Be Good If New Candidate Entered Presidential Race - Rasmussen Reports™

I was wondering when one of the polling entities was going to ask GOPs if they want the candidates they have been given thus far. If 33% of GOPs don't want them then it is fair to say that at least 50% of independents don't. Unless something changes, Obama's likely to win by a wider margin than in the last election.
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Well considering there was a fair bit of support for Bachmann, a fair bit of support for Cain, a minor bit of support for Perry and Huntsman...and all those people dropped out, then there's a lot of people whose first choice and possibly second choice isn't there anymore. Not surprising that you'd find 1/3rd of the people thinking it'd be good for someone new to jump in...when you don't have someone you can strongly get behind in a primary (Which tends to happen when your guy goes out) then you're typically more welcoming to a "Fresh" face coming in as its not a person you already observed and choose someone else over.

Based on Mitt's issues, Santorum's extreme social conservatism, Paul ineluctability, and Newt's volatility I'd definitely think it COULD be good for Republicans if another candidate entered that had a legitimate shot at winning it this late into the game. In part because to have such a shot it'd have to be a "big" name person....Palin, Huckabee, Paul Ryan, Jed Bush, Chris Christie, etc.

That said, I'd not have a significant issue with Romney, Newt, or Paul being our nominee. Not my first pick in the least, but none of them make me run screaming from voting. But that doesn't change the fact that if asked that question then yeah...with MY guy out of it...I'd probably say it'd be good for the Republicans if someone jumped in right now
 
pbrauer said:
Will GOP step in to prevent a Newt Gingrich nomination? - CSMonitor.com


In the past week, influential conservatives, including Rush Limbaugh and Joe Scarborough, have discussed the growing rumblings. According to Mr. LImbaugh, many in the Republican party are welcoming Gingrich's resurgence, not because they like him as a candidate but because they have misgivings about Romney. They want the race to continue all the way to the convention in Tampa, Fla., so that the party elite can pick the nominee there.​
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What I am wondering is what will happen if Gingrich manages to get the delegates to win (or come close to doing so) and the party elite pull a brokered convention anyway. Will the offended base just stay home or will they vote for the closest party to their small government / few social programs beliefs - the libertarians.
 
Zyphlin said:
Based on Mitt's issues, Santorum's extreme social conservatism, Paul ineluctability, and Newt's volatility I'd definitely think it COULD be good for Republicans if another candidate entered that had a legitimate shot at winning it this late into the game. In part because to have such a shot it'd have to be a "big" name person....Palin, Huckabee, Paul Ryan, Jed Bush, Chris Christie, etc.
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Obama was a nobody before the Democratic convention in 2004. If some previously unknown guy (or gal) was chosen as the nominee at the Republican convention, I think that would pretty much automatically make them a "big" name person . . .
 
MOrion said:
Obama was a nobody before the Democratic convention in 2004. If some previously unknown guy (or gal) was chosen as the nominee at the Republican convention, I think that would pretty much automatically make them a "big" name person . . .
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If another enter the Republican stage no matter how they are they can not win at this point, there so few deluges left to give out.

a good about of the electoral collage is spoken for. Your stuck, Unless Jed Bush, Paul Ryan, or Chris Christie ran as a independent with I dont think allot of conservatives would be ok with.

Palin, and Huckabee are republican poison pill dont take them.
 
ewm90 said:
If another enter the Republican stage no matter how they are they can not win at this point, there so few deluges left to give out.
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I don't think this is true.
 
poweRob said:
I don't think this is true.
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My mistake I was just hoping its over, so meny F#%ing debates the candidates keep saying the same things oer and over agin. Its like a republican ground hogs day.
 
ewm90 said:
If another enter the Republican stage no matter how they are they can not win at this point, there so few deluges left to give out.
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Actually only 75 out of 2,289 delegates have been committed thus far. Theoretically somebody could wait to enter the race for quite a while still and still get enough delegates. Practically speaking though, nobody could get a campaign up in time at this point. The only way in would be through a brokered convention. But a brokered convention carries a lot of stigma. It would kind of be perceived as an admission that they were not able to come up with anybody.
 
MaggieD said:
It's a pretty sure bet that Obama is going to win a second term regardless of what candidate Republicans put up. Encumbancy is the most powerful political force on planet earth. We've only had three one-term presidents since WW II. I think there are probably a number of people who have their eye on the presidency...good ones...but they're not going to step up and face overwhelming odds trying to defeat Obama. 2016. Wait for it.
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Reagan, 2 terms.
Bush I, 1 term.
Clinton, 2 terms.
Bush II, 2 terms
Obama will be 2 terms.

Not because they are particularly good presidents, but because the small advantage of being an encumbent outweighs the American people's lack of interest in politics. If voters actually payed attention to what is going on than being an encumbent would not be such a big deal.

Voter, "Meh whatever." Obama wins.

Voter, "Meh whatever." Obama wins again.
 
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