# GOP Presidential Candidates: The Elimination Game (Round 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 18, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850 "2015-06-18T14:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/1 "2015-06-18T14:04:38Z")
Over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18448382&postcount=22315), **foolsguinea** noted that the current Republican presidential field (announced and presumed) of 16 names looked like a single-elimination tournament. So I thought “What the hell – let’s do this”. **How this works** : The objective is to pick the person from each pairing you think would be the \*\*best \*\*(or least worst, if you prefer) \*\*President \*\*of the two choices. Losers will be eliminated, winners will be paired up with other winners, and bingo bango, off we go again. Please do not just vote for the person you think would be easiest for Clinton (or whomever) to beat; if we’re doing that I’ll just declare Trump the winner and we can all go home. Voting for this round will end **this Saturday at 5pm EDT**. **Current Governors:** Walker vs Kasich Jindal vs Christie **Past Governors:** Perry vs Huckabee Pataki vs Bush **Current Senators:** Rubio vs Cruz Graham vs Paul **Others:** Santorum vs Carson Fiorina vs Trump Remember - you don’t have to think they’d be a great (or even good) president; they only have to be better than the other guy/gal. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/2 "2015-06-18T14:12:18Z")
Kasich Christie Huckabee Pataki Rubio Paul Santorum Fiorina IMO, this ought to be seeded – neither Fiorina or Trump ‘deserve’ to make it to the next round. I think it should be seeded by likelihood of being nominated: something like 1 Bush, 2 Walker, 3 Rubio, 4 Paul, 5 Kasich, 6 Huckabee, 7 Cruz, 8 Christie, 9 Santorum, 10 Perry, 11 Pataki, 12 Jindal, 13 Graham, 14 Carson, 15 Fiorina, 16 Trump ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/3 "2015-06-18T14:22:15Z")
Kasich Christie Huckabee Pataki Rubio Paul Carson Trump I dithered for a long time over Rubio v Cruz, Carson v Santorum and Trump v Fiorina and eventually I just took the isidewith quiz and picked the person whose percentage was highest on the assumption that the more similarities between my views and their platform the better a politician they would be. Except for Trump and Fiorina. Trump, at least can fake being a successful businessman. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/4 "2015-06-18T14:23:58Z")
My votes in bold. Curse you for making me vote for Rick Santorum! I could have gone either way on Graham/Paul, but the latter actually has a policy I like so we’ll do that. > [@](#): > > Current Governors: > Walker vs **Kasich** > Jindal vs **Christie** > > Past Governors: > Perry vs **Huckabee** > Pataki vs **Bush** > > Current Senators: > **Rubio** vs Cruz > Graham vs **Paul** > > Others: > **Santorum** vs Carson > **Fiorina** vs Trump ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/5 "2015-06-18T14:34:53Z")
Forgot to cast my own votes: Kasich Christie Perry Pataki Rubio Paul Santorum Fiorina ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/6 "2015-06-18T14:37:59Z")
Walker Christie Perry Bush Rubio Graham Carson Fiorina ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/7 "2015-06-18T15:08:49Z")
Kasich Christie Perry Pataki Rubio Graham Santorum Fiorina ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/8 "2015-06-18T15:33:54Z")
Not gonna vote. There’s going to be so little daylight in between the policies they’d try to implement, that it really doesn’t matter which one gets in the White House. And for a moment I considered the possibility that a Ben Carson or Carly Fiorina would be ‘least worst’ because they’d screw up their own parade. But no - if the GOP elected a President who couldn’t govern, while holding onto their Congressional majorities, Boehner and McConnell would just get together, decide what legislation they wanted to pass, pass it, and President Dumbfuck would rubber-stamp it. No way out, other than to elect a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/9 "2015-06-18T15:59:07Z")
Walker Christie Perry Bush Rubio Paul Santorum Fiorina ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/10 "2015-06-18T16:37:36Z")
Kasich Christie Huckabee Pataki Graham Paul Santorum Fiorina Putting Santorum against Carson was dirty pool in my opinion. The fact that I had to vote in favor of Santorum makes we want to take a shower. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/11 "2015-06-18T16:49:01Z")
Kasich Christie Perry Pataki Rubio Graham Santorum Fiorina ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/12 "2015-06-18T17:46:40Z")
I make these choices as one who has the good fortune of living abroad, thus not having to suffer through political ads that are soon coming to your TV. Walker Christie Huckabee Bush Rubio Santorum Trump ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/13 "2015-06-18T17:58:01Z")
“Soon coming”? If only, friend, if only. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/14 "2015-06-18T18:14:42Z")
Kasich Jindal Perry Pataki Rubio Graham Santorum Trump ---
**Author:** ![Donald\_Rump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/15 "2015-06-18T18:29:06Z")
Kasich Christie Perry Pataki Rubio Paul Santorum Fiorina ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/16 "2015-06-19T01:28:26Z")
Kasich Christie Perry Pataki Rubio Paul Santorum Fiorina ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/17 "2015-06-19T01:46:13Z")
Kasich Christie Huckabee Pataki Rubio Paul San… I can’t do it. But I must. But I can’t. But I must. Santorum Fiorina I think the seeding would have made more sense. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/18 "2015-06-19T01:49:13Z")
Walker vs Kasich— Kasich can work with Democrats. Walker can’t Jindal vs Christie— Jindal. Poor governor, but Christie has a hint of scandal on him now. Past Governors: Perry vs Huckabee- Huck. Much smarter, much nicer. Pataki vs Bush- Pataki. Successful, well liked governor. Current Senators: Rubio vs Cruz- Rubio. More bipartisan. Graham vs Paul- Paul. Hate eliminating Graham so early, but Paul takes the party in a new direction, whereas Graham is just McCain Jr. Others: Santorum vs Carson- Carson. They may both be Christian extremists, but Carson has done something with his life. Fiorina vs Trump- Trump. Successful business person beats failed business person. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/19 "2015-06-19T03:14:18Z")
Kasich Christie Perry Pataki Rubio (I can’t believe you made me do this) Paul Santorum Trump ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-game-round-1/722850/20 "2015-06-19T05:34:06Z")
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