# Republicans: who would you pick for 2016?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 18, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284 "2015-05-18T03:55:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/81 "2015-05-31T16:58:22Z")

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> [@Spoke](#):
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> As a Democrat, [John Kasich](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich) is the potential candidate who worries me the most. He’s intelligent, level-headed, a good debater, and he potentially brings all those Ohio electoral votes with him.
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> I am hoping he is perceived as too moderate by Republican primary voters. If he gets the nomination, the general election could be a dogfight.
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Yeah, he seems to be the “Grown Up” conservative candidate. His problem is figuring out how to stand out in the field of 20+ candidates when he doesn’t have strong name recognition.

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/82 "2015-05-31T17:23:51Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Yeah, he seems to be the “Grown Up” conservative candidate. His problem is figuring out how to stand out in the field of 20+ candidates when he doesn’t have strong name recognition.

Based on his Wikipedia, he doesn’t seem insane. I’ll have to read more about him.

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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/83 "2015-06-01T00:12:59Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Yeah, he seems to be the “Grown Up” conservative candidate. His problem is figuring out how to stand out in the field of 20+ candidates when he doesn’t have strong name recognition.

Not an issue in a Republican primary. Since our side actually pays attention, a good debate performance could vault him to the top pretty easily.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-who-would-you-pick-for-2016/720284/84 "2015-06-01T12:46:24Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Yeah, he seems to be the “Grown Up” conservative candidate.

Mainly because he isn’t running (yet), right?

> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> What happened to Graham?

Same thing that happened to Christie and Jindal. Don’t worry; he’ll have worked his way through the entire field, both actual and potential, before the first caucus.

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