The race for the GOP nomination has drastically changed in recent weeks. While former Florida Governor Jed Bush is still at the top of the ladder, businessman Donald Trump has leapfrogged into second place.
According to Fox News, Bush tops the GOP contenders with 15 percent of the Republican primary voters. Trump, however, now has around 11 percent of the primary voters which is more than double of what he had when he first declared that he would run for president.
However, Trump does have bad news coming his way as only about 29 percent of the Republican primary voters take him seriously. While a whopping 64 percent think he is a side show and does not belong in politics at all. Among all voters, almost 80 percent think that Trump is a side show.
Both candidates have just recently started their campaigns for candidacy, Bush on June 15 and Trump on June 16. So these numbers could be inflated as it is normal to see poll numbers to be larger at first. According to Politico.com, 37 percent of New Hampshire voters had a favorable view on Trump, while 49 percent had a negative view on the businessman. Astonishingly there was a 6 percent of voters who did not even know who Trump was.
Meanwhile, Jed Bush mainly tested favorably with 58 percent of the voters having a favorable view on the former Florida senator while only 28 percent viewed him negatively.
Other GOP contenders include: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (9 percent), Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (8 percent) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (6 percent), Texas Sen. Ted Cruz receives 4 percent, and businesswoman Carly Fiorina and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum get 3 percent apiece.
On the other side, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton remains the top contender for the Democratic party's candidate for president in 2016. Clinton currently holds 61 percent of the Democratic primary voters, her closest rival is Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who hold about 15 percent.
The biggest reason for such support for Clinton has been shown to be that 44 percent of all voters think that Clinton would fight hard for the middle class, although 51 percent think that is just a campaign slogan.
The polls also show that Clinton and Trump share similar traits. Unfortunately, they are not all that positive traits as 54 percent of voters think Trump is dishonest while 51 percent think the same for Clinton. This could be stemming from Trump's business deals during the late 1980's and early 90's and from Clinton's recent email debacle.
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