In all of the polls I looked at
Condoleezza Rice was nowhere to be found. I did however stumble across a
website that was conducting a straw poll for the 2016 Republican presidential
candidate, that had Condoleezza Rice’s name down as one of the options. Even
though straw polls are unofficial polling and the results are not very
accurate, I thought it would be interesting to complete it and see what
happened. I was hoping that after I completed the straw poll that I would be
able to see the results from everyone else that had completed it, instead I was
lead to a page asking for money.
The fact that the only poll I could
find Condoleezza Rice in was not an official poll proves that people do not
believe she is a possible candidate for the 2016 presidential election. Condoleezza
Rice has said on multiple occasions that she is not interested in holding an
elected office and that she wants to focus on being an educator not a
politician. I wonder if the fact she has said she is not interested in running
is why she is not listed in polls or if it is because people do not think that
she is a viable candidate. I would be curious to see how, if at all, the polls
were to change if Condoleezza Rice announced that she was running for
president. If she has changed her mind and does decide to run, as of right now
she would have a mountain to climb to achieve that goal.
I do not feel that the polls at this
time are very accurate. The only people who are really listed are the ones who
have already declared that they will be running and the people whom it is
assumed will run. Being two years out there is still plenty of time for people
to decide to run. There is also plenty of time for voters to change their minds
multiple times on whom it is they want to vote for. We are not entirely sure
who is running, and what it is the candidates’ stand for so it is too early to
start making assumptions as to who will win the primary election for each
party.
This is the website where I found the straw poll, for all of you who want to cast your opinion and get asked for money.
https://www.gop.com/presidential-straw-poll/
