December 18, 2015

McConnell's holiday wish: A GOP presidential nominee who could 'carry purple states' ... Ha!

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/15/1460499/-McConnell-s-holiday-wish-A-GOP-presidential-nominee-who-could-carry-purple-states-Ha
"How about we check in with Gallup on where your current field stands, Mitch: Donald Trump: -27 Jeb Bush: -14 Chris Christie: -5 Ted Cruz: -3 Marco Rubio: +5 Ben Carson: +6 Among those candidates, it's worth noting that The Donald and Jeb! are also the most well known candidates, with 91 percent of voters being familiar with Trump to Jeb!'s 78 percent familiarity rating. The lesser known candidates like Rubio and Cruz, who both sit at 61 percent familiarity, almost surely benefit from being, well, lesser known.  For context, Hillary Clinton is the best-known candidate in the field at 94 percent and she has a -4 favorability rating. Bernie Sanders is known to 66 percent of respondents and he's at +2 on favorables."