Public Policy Polling released this poll on July 25, surveying the major party presidential races. For the first time, Rand Paul is leading, although the Republican field is very splintered and no one has more than 16% support.
Public Policy Polling released this poll on July 25, surveying the major party presidential races. For the first time, Rand Paul is leading, although the Republican field is very splintered and no one has more than 16% support.
Um… okay? Who’s the early favorite for the Libertarian nomination? Green? Constitution? Socialist? Reform? Prohibition? Twelve Visions? Why should we care about the GOP?
I suppose Richard Winger put this in here because of Rand Paul’s more libertarian leanings. Otherwise, I would have to agree. People like us really don’t care about the potential GOP or Democratic nominees. It probably doesn’t matter that much anyway in terms of seeing any difference, unless Rand somehow gets the nod in the GOP; but I doubt it based on how they treated Ron Paul.
I highly suspect that Jill Stein will be the Green Party’s nominee again. She had the best percentage since Ralph Nader, and exemplifies the Green Party’s values really well. And I think Gary Johnson has a good chance of being the Libertarian Party’s nominee again as well if he decides to seek nomination. I don’t know enough about the other minor parties you listed to make any educated guesses about them though.
I think this just exists to show who people like us have to worry about in three years. If Rand Paul gets the GOP nomination (and he’s more like to than his father because Rand has less of a spine), then the Libertarians might have to pack it up and go home in 2016.
With no incumbent I don’t see any way possible that Rand Paul will get the Republican nomination. The people who make things happen in the GOP will not waste an opportunity to put one of their own in position to hand out favors rather than a possible loose canon like Senator Paul.
I would be interested to see what the effect of a Rand Paul nomination would be on several other parties.
You know, it’s cynical of me to say this, but I wish there was less polling in politics. Especially this far out. I think polling firms direct support for various candidates as much as they measure support.
It’s July of 2013.
What’s the weather going to be on Sept. 15, 2014?
What’s the weather going to be on Sept. 15, 2014?
If the powers in charge of the Republican Party allow Rand Paul to win the nomination, then the theological place of eternal damnation would have reached zero degrees Kelvin. If they changed the rules to stop Ron Paul, who wasn’t much of a threat, think of what they will do to Rand.
The main problem with Rand Paul running is what is he going to do about his US Senate seat, since Kentucky has a law that you cannot run for more than one office at a time, unless it’s a special election on the same day as a general election.
One possible result of Rand Pauls show of support is that it will prove once again that there is a sizable percentage of voters who are libertarian. That’s the major reason they fought Ron and now Rand. The fraudulent nature of the US electoral system is becoming obvious.
But I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again, Rand Paul is not a libertarian. It shows that there’s a lot of paleoconservatives out there.