Poll Of GOPers: Jeb Bush Leads 2016 Field Without Romney

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gives the keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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On the same day that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) announced that “actively” exploring running for president in 2016, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents said that Bush leads the potential Republican primary field if Mitt Romney doesn’t run.

The poll found that, without Romney, Bush gets 15 percent followed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) with 10 percent each.

But in a field in which Romney did run, Bush is in second. The poll found Romney with 20 percent followed by Bush with 10 percent, Paul with 9, then Ryan with 8, and then Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) with 7 percent. Not a single name left on the list gets more than 6 percent.

See the full poll results here.

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  1. Jeb is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come–the scariest of them all.

  2. Mr Lehman Brothers is a perfect pick for repugs. He’ll be MITT ROMNEY II.

  3. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    Jeb cant win a GOTP primary without a hard veer to the right which will make him a non starter in the general. Please proceed!

  4. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    2016? Aren’t we over that already? I want to know about 2024, or dare I say, the BIG ONE in 2056? How are the unborn Bush Spawn, doing against the Palin Brood? Will Bristol expel any additional larva? Can we get some polling on Obama’s grandchildren?

  5. I believe that the GOP is prepared to give him a dynastic pass. Pretty much the same as the Democratic Party is doing this time.

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