Sunday Poll: 12+ months prior to the convention, who do you THINK will be the five (5) final candidates for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination?

The 2016 election cycle is heating up, on the GOP side many have declared their candidacy and others are still considering running.  It’s too early to know who the GOP will nominate at their July 2016 convention in Cleveland — that’s the point — to later be able to compare 2015 perceptions with 2016 reality.

For today’s poll I combined declared & potential candidates from these two sites:

• https://www.gop.com/presidential-straw-poll/
• http://2016.republican-candidates.org

There was a lot of overlap, but each had some not listed on the other. Here is the combined list of 47, listed alphabetical:

1. Skip Andrews
2. Kelly Ayotte
3. Haley Barbour
4. John Bolton
5. Kerry Bowers
6. Jeb Bush
7. Herman Cain
8. Dr. Ben Carson
9. Dale Christensen
10. Chris Christie
11. Ted Cruz
12. Mitch Daniels
13. John Dummett, Jr.
14. Bob Ehrlich
15. Mark Everson
16. Carly Fiorina
17. Newt Gingrich
18. Lindsey Graham
19. Nikki Haley
20. Chris Hill
21. Mike Huckabee
22. Bobby Jindal
23. John Kasich
24. Peter King
25. Michael Kinlaw
26. Dennis Michael Lynch
27. Susana Martinez
28. Sarah Palin
29. George Pataki
30. Rand Paul
31. Ron Paul
32. Tim Pawlenty
33. Mike Pence
34. Rick Perry
35. Michael Petyo
36. Condoleezza Rice
37. Mitt Romney
38. Marco Rubio
39. Brian Russell
40. Mitch Sandoval
41. Rick Santorum
42. Tim Scott
43. Rick Snyder
44. John Thune
45. Donald Trump
46. Scott Walker
47. Allen West

I usually randomize the answers in the poll (right sidebar), but because of the sheer number of names they’re displayed in alphabetical order. The poll question isn’t who you want to see make it to the final 5, but rather who you think will be the 5 who survive the next 9-12 months.

Please be sure to pick 5 answers, the poll closes at 8pm tonight. UPDATE: Because of a software problem this morning I’m going to leave this open until 10pm.

— Steve Patterson