Earlier this year, I had put out a poll on the Democratic Presidential Primary. It received a lot of interest and became my very first diary to make the rec list in my eight years as a member of this site. It also received a lot of criticism, most of it legitimate, with many suggesting that I re-write it to make it more specific than just Hillary vs. not Hillary.
One thing I heard not only in my diary, but in many others posted around the same time was that we had an election coming up this year that should receive higher priority than an election that was over 2 years away. I thought this was a very sensible idea and decided to postpone posting any more on 2016 until after the 2014 elections. Now, with those elections behind us, I believe it is a good time to start thinking about 2016 as it is going to be a critical election that will probably be pivotal in determining whether or not our country continues to have some semblance of a functional democracy.
For this poll, I decided that it made the most sense to limit it to those individuals who have actually shown some interest in running. The list is actually pretty short. I have added a category for "other" just in case there is somebody I am forgetting. It pains me to not consider Elizabeth Warren, but I have to agree with the conventional wisdom that she has shown absolutely no interest.