Conservative Blogger Poll Results: Who Should The GOP Choose As Its Nominee in 2016?

Right Wing News polled more than 240 right-of-center bloggers on the candidate they’d like to see the GOP run in 2016. The following 74 bloggers responded.

101 Dead Armadillos, Alexa Shrugged, All American Blogger, Althouse, American Power, An American Housewife (occasionally) in London, Argghhhh!, Backyard Conservative, Basil’s Blog, Batesline, Blonde Sagacity, Candid Conservative, Cara Ellison, Cassy Fiano, Conservative Blogs Central, Conservative Compendium, Conservatives4Palin, Dodgeblogium, Doug Ross, Dustin Stockton, Ed Driscoll, Election Projection, Fausta’s Blog, Fraters Libertas, Freeman Hunt, FrontPageMag, GayPatriot, Hot Air, House of Eratosthenes, IMAO, Joanne Jacobs, John Hawkins, Lady Liberty 1885, Laughing Conservative, Lee Doren, Left Coast Rebel, Liberty Pundits, Likelihood of Confusion, Lonely Conservative, Marathon Pundit, Midnight Blue, Moonbattery, Mount Virtus, Musing Minds, Naked DC, Nice Deb, Outside The Beltway, Pirates Cove, Professor Bainbridge, Pubilus Forum, Pundit and Pundette, QandO, Return to Sanity, Russ. Just Russ, Say Anything, SondraK, Sunshine State Sarah, The American Mind, The Conservative Treehouse, The Jawa Report, The Lotus Blog, The Minority Report, The Right Mixx, The Transom, The TrogloPundit, The Virtuous Republic, The Western Experience, The Whole Shebang (mostly), This Ain’t Hell, Vox Popoli, Weapons of Mass Discussion, YidwithLid, Zilla of the Resistance, fullkenneth

Here are the results (Note: On the original survey, I mistakenly sent out the wrong last 3 questions. Although I quickly corrected the mistake, it hurt the response rate on the 3 final questions).

1) Which of the following candidates would you most prefer to see as the GOP’s 2016 candidate?

1) Marco Rubio (FL Senator) 20.5% (16 votes)
2) Rand Paul (KY Senator) 14.1% (11 votes)
3) Scott Walker (WI Governor) 11.5% (9 votes)
4) Bobby Jindal (LA Gov) 9% (7 votes)
4) Paul Ryan (WI Congressman. VP candidate) 9% (7 votes)
6) Jeb Bush (Former Fl Governor) 6.4% (5 votes)
6) Sarah Palin (Former AL Governor. VP candidate) 6.4% (5 votes)
8) Mike Pence (IN Governor) 5.1% (4 votes)
9) Susana Martinez (NM Governor) 3.8% (3 votes)
10) Chris Christie (NJ Governor) 2.6% (2 votes)
11) Ted Cruz (TX Senator) 2.6% (2 votes)
12) Rick Perry (TX Governor) 1.3% (1 votes)
12) Mike Huckabee (Former AK Governor) 1.3% (1 votes)
12) Mitch Daniels (Former IN Governor) 1.3% (1 votes)
12) Condi Rice (Former Secretary of State) 1.3% (1 votes)
12) Rick Santorum (Former PA Senator) 1.3% (1 votes)
12) Nikki Haley (SC Gov) 1.3% (1 votes)
12) Bob McDonnell (VA Governor) 1.3% (1 votes)
19) Jan Brewer (AZ Governor) 0.0% (0 votes)
19) Eric Cantor (VA Congressman) 0.0% (0 votes)
19) Rob Portman (OH Senator) 0.0% (0 votes)
19) Brian Sandoval (NV Governor) 0.0% (0 votes)

2) What if the list were narrowed down to the following 10 candidates? Then, which one would you prefer to see as our 2016 nominee?

1) Marco Rubio (FL Senator) 26.9% (21 votes)
2) Paul Ryan (WI Congressman. VP candidate) 17.9% (14 votes)
3) Rand Paul (KY Senator) 16.7% (13 votes)
4) Scott Walker (WI Governor) 14.1% (11 votes)
5) Bobby Jindal (LA Gov) 11.5% (9 votes)
6) Jeb Bush (Former Fl Governor) 6.4% (5 votes)
7) Susana Martinez (NM Governor) 5.1% (4 votes)
8) Chris Christie (NJ Governor) 1.3% (1 votes)
9) Bob McDonnell (VA Governor) 0.0% (0 votes)
9) Brian Sandoval (NV Governor) 0.0% (0 votes)

3) If the list were narrowed down to the following 10 candidates, then which one would you **** LEAST LIKE **** to see as our 2016 nominee?

1) Chris Christie (NJ Governor) 32.5% (25 votes)
2) Jeb Bush (Former Fl Governor) 26% (20 votes)
3) Rand Paul (KY Senator) 14.3% (11 votes)
4) Scott Walker (WI Governor) 11.7% (9 votes)
5) Paul Ryan (WI Congressman. VP candidate) 5.2% (4 votes)
6) Susana Martinez (NM Governor) 3.9% (3 votes)
7) Brian Sandoval (NV Governor) 2.6% (2 votes)
8) Bob McDonnell (VA Governor) 1.3% (1 votes)
8) Marco Rubio (FL Senator) 1.3% (1 votes)
8) Bobby Jindal (LA Gov) 1.3% (1 votes)

4) What if the list were narrowed down to the following 6 candidates? Then, which one would you prefer to see as our 2016 nominee?

1) Marco Rubio (FL Senator) 35.1% (27 votes)
2) Rand Paul (KY Senator) 22.1% (17 votes)
3) Paul Ryan (WI Congressman. VP candidate) 18.2% (14 votes)
4) Scott Walker (WI Governor) 15.6% (12 votes)
5) Jeb Bush (Former Fl Governor 6.5% (5 votes)
6) Chris Christie (NJ Governor) 2.6% (2 votes)

5) What if the field were down to these 3 candidates? Then, which one would you prefer to see as our 2016 nominee?

1) Marco Rubio (FL Senator) 84.2% (64 votes)
2) Jeb Bush (Former Fl Governor) 9.2% (7 votes)
3) Chris Christie (NJ Governor) 6.6% (5 votes)

6) What if the field were down to these 3 candidates? Then, which one would you prefer to see as our 2016 nominee?

1) Paul Ryan (WI Congressman. VP candidate) 82.8% (48 votes)
2) Jeb Bush (Former Fl Governor) 8.6% (5 votes)
3) Chris Christie (NJ Governor) 8.6% (5 votes)

7) What if the field were down to these 4 candidates? Then, which one would you prefer to see as our 2016 nominee?

1) Marco Rubio (FL Senator) 33.3% (20 votes)
2) Paul Ryan (WI Congressman. VP candidate) 26.7% (16 votes)
3) Scott Walker (WI Governor) 23.3% (14 votes)
4) Rand Paul (KY Senator) 16.7% (10 votes)

8) If the GOP had to choose from the following candidates in 2012 field, which of the following candidates would you prefer to see as our 2016 nominee?

1) Rick Perry 42.4% (25 votes)
2) Tim Pawlenty 18.6% (11 votes)
3) Newt Gingrich 15.3% (9 votes)
4) Jon Huntsman 11.9% (7 votes)
5) Michele Bachmann 8.5% (5 votes)
6) Rick Santorum 3.4% (2 votes)

PS: As a side note, want to see something scary?

In 2008, the least wanted candidates for bloggers were…John McCain and Ron Paul.

In 2012, the least wanted candidates for bloggers were…Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.

So, going by those results, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush would have to be considered the early favorites for 2016 based on the fact that conservative bloggers don’t want either of them as a nominee.

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