'Undecided' is your new 2016 GOP frontrunner

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Underscoring the fact that the 2016 Republican primary is an absolute toss-up at this point, 45 percent of GOP respondents in an open-ended USA Today poll could not name a preferred candidate for the nomination. That put "undecided" well ahead of more corporeal candidates like Mitt Romney (16 percent) and Jeb Bush (13 percent.)

On the Democratic side, a 51 percent majority named Hillary Clinton the top choice, while only five percent picked Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.