[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Honestly, yes. It's not unusual for Republican crazies to top the polls in 'silly season' but Trump has sustained his popularity far beyond what anyone expected. Meanwhile the 'serious' contenders for the Republican nominated like Jeb Bush and Scott Walker have been very unimpressive and have pretty terrible poll ratings: Walker was fancied by many to be their candidate but was forced to pull out a couple of months ago because he polling at less than 1%. A lot of anti-Trump Republicans now think their best hope is with Marco Rubio but there's no guarantee that he will suddenly see a massive upsurge in popularity.

And if Trump does get the nomination then who knows what could happen. Clinton will almost certainly be the Democrat but I don't think she's thought of that highly amongst non-Democrats. She's been involved in quite a few scandles and people don't like the fact that she's part of a career politician Clinton dynasty. I actually think the Republicans will win in 2016 never mind who the candidate is: I think Trump will probably fall a bit short but it is definitely possible.

I didn't realise all this. I just assumed it was a foregone convulsion that it would be Jeb/Hillary. It's a bit worrying really, because like you I also think the Republicans stand the best chance of winning. (Glad I don't live in America right now )