[h=1]Election 2016: The perfect candidate[/h]By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director
Updated 8:30 AM ET, Sun March 22, 2015
Washington (CNN)If you could create the perfect candidate to succeed Barack Obama as president, what would their background be and what would they think?
A new CNN/ORC poll finds most Americans say they would like a candidate who's a seasoned political leader, someone with an executive background, and someone who's willing to change Barack Obama's policies.
Rather than assessing the traits of individual candidates, the poll asked respondents to think about their perfect candidate and choose between statements relating to several different traits often found in presidential candidates.
Would the perfect successor to Obama be someone with ideological purity or someone who had a great chance at winning? Someone who has had economic success or someone who's never been wealthy? Someone who relies on their religious views to guide policy or someone who believes religion should have no place in government?
Three statements generated wide-reaching support. Fifty-nine percent of Americans say they'd like a candidate who has been in the public eye as a political leader for many years over one who's new to the political scene. Further, 59% say they prefer a candidate with executive experience over one who's worked as a legislator, and 57% say their perfect Obama successor would change most of the policies enacted by Obama's administration.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/22/politics/2016-election-poll-perfect-candidate/index.html
This poll conclusion surprised me, because in the article the Democrats and Republicans have very different idea's on the Perfect Candidate, so the addition of the Independents views must have been the deciding factor.
Updated 8:30 AM ET, Sun March 22, 2015
Washington (CNN)If you could create the perfect candidate to succeed Barack Obama as president, what would their background be and what would they think?
A new CNN/ORC poll finds most Americans say they would like a candidate who's a seasoned political leader, someone with an executive background, and someone who's willing to change Barack Obama's policies.
Rather than assessing the traits of individual candidates, the poll asked respondents to think about their perfect candidate and choose between statements relating to several different traits often found in presidential candidates.
Would the perfect successor to Obama be someone with ideological purity or someone who had a great chance at winning? Someone who has had economic success or someone who's never been wealthy? Someone who relies on their religious views to guide policy or someone who believes religion should have no place in government?
Three statements generated wide-reaching support. Fifty-nine percent of Americans say they'd like a candidate who has been in the public eye as a political leader for many years over one who's new to the political scene. Further, 59% say they prefer a candidate with executive experience over one who's worked as a legislator, and 57% say their perfect Obama successor would change most of the policies enacted by Obama's administration.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/22/politics/2016-election-poll-perfect-candidate/index.html
This poll conclusion surprised me, because in the article the Democrats and Republicans have very different idea's on the Perfect Candidate, so the addition of the Independents views must have been the deciding factor.