Republican Presidential Polls 2016 News: Jindal Abandons Campaign, Trump and Carson Still Riding High
As the year ends, there is a month to go before the Iowa Caucuses where the two political parties in the United States will start the process of nominating their party's presidential candidate for the 2016 elections. The Iowa Caucuses, which will be held on February 1, 2016, is considered the first major electoral event of the nomination process for the presidential elections. Historically, the Iowa caucuses have given a strong indication about which candidate will eventually be chosen as their party's nominee.
As the caucuses approach, another Republican candidate, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has decided to end his campaign because of "low polling numbers" not only nationally but more importantly in Iowa. As reported in ABC News, he said "I am suspending my campaign for president of the United States." He adds, "The reality though is, they told me as a young child, Americans can do anything. I believed them then, I believe them now. But you know, this is not my time. I've come to the realization this is not my time."
Jindal joins two other candidates who have also dropped out of the race. This news leaves 14 candidates still in the running for the Republican nomination, including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, real estate billionaire Donald Trump and neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
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Currently, Donald Trump and Ben Carson are leading the polls for the Republican nomination. According to a report in Washington Post, the Republican elite continue to be baffled by the domination of Trump and Carson. Some of them are, in fact, worried that nominating either man may mean a Clinton presidential win as well as a Democratic majority in the Senate. Both Trump and Carson are outsiders and it looks as if the party is baffled as to how any of the insider candidates, who are mostly senators and governors, will be able to gather enough party consensus to beat the current leaders.
The report further noted that because of the "volatility" of the Republican race, some "big money" supporters and donors of the party have been reluctant in putting in their money to the campaign.
The report also cited George Voinovich, who has long been a politician, saying, "This business has turned into show business. We can't afford to have somebody sitting in the White House who doesn't have governing experience and the gravitas to move this country ahead."
