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In the summer of 2014, who were the solid prospects for the Republican nominee?

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Jul 16 '18, 11:27

There weren't any. Yet they got to the oval office anyway.

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Here we go: July 2013, "if you had to lay money today on the 2016 GOP nominee: Rand Paul, Rick Perry, or Chris Christie?" -- (link) - Max Jul 16, 11:37 [Backboard] 11
- June 2014: "Hee. I just checked the odds for 2016 US Presidential Winner at bet365." -- (link) - Max Jul 16, 11:40 [Backboard] 10
  - November 2014: "Poll: 2016 time people!!!! Poll: Who will be elected President of the United States approximately 2 years from today." -- (link) - Max Jul 16, 11:42 8
    - April 2015: "Super early place your bets candidate poll: Who's going to be the GOP candidate for President in the 2016 election?" -- (link) - Max Jul 16, 11:47 [Backboard] 7
      - man...looking at both links...wow. -- nm - Remlik Jul 16, 11:49 2
        
        huge shift after Jeb declared in December. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:50 1
        
        A classic example of "Just because someone is supposed to run doesn't mean he/she should." -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:55
      - Anyone recall who ML predicted? -- nm* - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:49 3
        
        Based on spamlet's responses, I'm guessing Scott Walker. -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 11:59 1
        
        Yes. - Reagen Jul 16, 12:05
        
        Spike -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 16, 11:49
  - I wonder what the odds were for Trump at that point. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 11:41
Not true. Bush. Ryan. Walker. Christie. Rubio. All were widely seen as running and were easily projectable. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:32 5
- And we all gave you likely candidates in that vein. - Inigo Jul 16, 11:38 4
  - It's not a question of who should be the frontrunner. It's just to get a sense of who people like. Gives a sense of what they are looking for. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:42 3
    - Outside a few anti-Sanders people, you'd find it hard to get people to say a plausible Dem they wouldn't vote for. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:44 1
      - word -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 16, 11:44
    - You got that answer then: NOT TRUMP -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 11:43
yeah I think odds were on Jeb at first. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:28
Jeb -- nm - crash davis Jul 16, 11:28

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