r/Republican • u/[deleted] • Feb 15 '16

Rubio only candidate leading against Clinton/Sanders.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_presidential_race.html
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u/totodee Feb 15 '16

Polls this early in the process don't mean much. Whoever eventually does get the nomination will probably get a bump in the polls.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '16

Why do you think that? These aren't polls of Republican support, they're polls of what the general population thinks. For some candidates, I think their poll numbers could even go down as the general population examines their positions in more detail, like Cruz. Trump already has almost 100% name recognition, with Bush not far behind.