re: #57 Charles Johnson

And please - spare me the polls. We’re more than a year away from the election. At this point polls are even more meaningless than usual.

You and me both. Polls are the ultimate in the Disraeli (reputedly) triad of “lies, damned lies, and statistics”. I hate it when Bernie Bros cite some meaningless poll on how “Bernie would have clearly defeated Trump”. At this point, polls primarily reflect name recognition.

Here’s the June 2015 NBC/WSJ poll, as a reminder of how worthless they are:

Jeb Bush 22%
Scott Walker 17%
Marco Rubio 14%
Ben Carson 11%
Mike Huckabee 9%
Rand Paul 7%
Rick Perry 5%
Ted Cruz 4%
Chris Christie 4%
Carly Fiorina 2%
Donald Trump 1%
Lindsey Graham 1%
John Kasich 1%
Bobby Jindal 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
George Pataki 0%