What Conservative America Wants

A recent poll by Public Policy Polling looks at American sentiment toward the current crop of presidential candidates and who voters would prefer as the GOP candidate for the 2016 election among other issues.  As background, fifty percent of those polled considered themselves to be Evangelical Christians and 67 percent did not consider themselves to be a member of the Tea Party.  Nearly three-quarters of the respondents considered themselves to be either somewhat conservative (44%) or very conservative (27%).

   

Here is a summary of their findings:

1.) Out of all of the current GOP candidates for president, who would you most like to see as the candidate for the president in 2016? (in alphabetical order)

Jeb Bush - 7%

Ben Carson - 6%

Chris Christie - 5%

Ted Cruz - 18%

Carly Fiorina - 4%

Jim Gilmore - 0%

Mike Huckabee - 4%

John Kasich - 2%

George Pataki - 0%

Rand Paul - 2%

Marco Rubio - 13%

Rick Santorum - 1%

Donald Trump - 34%

Undecided - 2%

2.) Given the choices of just Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who would you support for the GOP nomination for President? (in alphabetical order)

Ben Carson 10%

Ted Cruz - 22%

Marco Rubio - 20%

Donald Trump - 40%

Not Sure - 9%

3.) Given the choices of just Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who would you support for the GOP nomination for President? (in alphabetical order)

Jeb Bush -  12%

Ted Cruz - 21%

Marco Rubio - 19%

Donald Trump - 40%

In every combination of candidates where Donald Trump is included, he is always the preferred candidate with the closest race coming if there were just two remaining candidates; Ted Cruz (44%) and Donald Trump (45%).

4.) Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Jeb Bush?

Favourable - 34%

Unfavourable - 49%

Not Sure - 18%

5.) Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Ben Carson?

Favourable - 61%

Unfavourable - 26%

Not Sure - 12%

6.) Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Ted Cruz?

Favourable - 59%

Unfavourable - 27%

Not Sure - 14%

7.) Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Marco Rubio?

Favourable - 49%

Unfavourable - 334%

Not Sure - 17%

8.) Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Donald Trump?

Favourable - 58%

Unfavourable - 34%

Not Sure - 8%

Let's look at some non-election questions. 

9.) Would you support increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour, $12 per hour, $10 per hour, keeping it at $7.25 per hour or eliminating the minimum wage altogether?

$15 per hour - 6%

$12 per hour - 11%

$10 per hour - 38%

$7.25 per hour - 26%

Eliminate the federal minimum wage - 18%

10.) Do you support or oppose banning Muslims from entering the United States?

Support banning Muslims - 54%

Oppose banning Muslims - 25%

Not Sure - 21%

11.) Would you support or oppose shutting down mosques in the United States?

Support shutting down mosques - 28%

Oppose shutting down mosques - 47%

Not Sure - 26%

12.) Do you believe that thousands of Arabs in New Jersey cheered when the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11?

Believe that they cheered - 36%

Do not believe that they cheered - 35%

Not Sure - 29%

13.) Do you think that the religion of Islam should be legal or illegal in the United States?

Legal - 53%

Illegal - 26%

Not Sure - 21%

14.) Would you support or oppose creating a national database of all Muslims in the United States?

Support - 46%

Oppose - 37%

Not Sure - 17%

And, last but not least.....

15.) Would you support or oppose bombing Agrabah?

Support bombing Agrabah - 30%

Oppose bombinb Agrabah - 13%

Not Sure - 57%

For your illumination, here is a bit of background on Agrabah:

Given that mysterious, enchanting and barbaric Agrabah is located near the Jordan River and forms the central location in the Disney film "Aladdin", I would imagine that the residents; Aladdin, Genie, Abu, Carpet, Iago and Princess Jasmine are preparing for an imminent invasion by a cobbled together coalition, particularly with the ongoing hostilities in Syria and Iraq being a short distance away as the Egyptian vulture flies.