Sam Wang (PEC): What do GOP voters want?

[brooklynite]

Princeton election Consortium:

In a recent CBS poll, Republican voters were asked who they wanted to see run for President. In terms of the net yes-minus-no percentage, leading the pack were Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush. Trailing, but still with net positives were Mike Huckabee, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, and Ben Carson. In negative territory were Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry. Bringing up the rear? Chris Christie and Sarah Palin.

Palin is an interesting “control experiment” since her political career is basically over. Using her to define a maximum lack of enthusiasm (1 Palin unit, or 100 centiPalins), and Mitt Romney to set the high-enthusiasm end (0 centiPalins), Governor Christie is at 77 centiPalins. Whatever GOP voters want seems not to come from New Jersey.

Looking at the general temperature of enthusiasm for GOP candidates, one question arises: why are reporters spending so much time on Christie and not, say, Ben Carson?

[hifiguy]

1. Jebus, what a Klown Kar.

[brooklynite]

2. Once again, I observe that, despite his efforts, nobody pays attention to Bobby Jindal...