'Undecided' is your new 2016 GOP frontrunner
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 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.
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