These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed August 18, 2015 on primary candidates. The margin of error is 4.0%.
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When do you plan to start paying close attention to coverage of the next presidential election?
I am already paying close attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48%
Sometime in 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Early in 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Midway through 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%
Never . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Do you have a good idea of which candidate you’ll vote for in your party’s presidential primary next year, or are you still making up your mind?
Asked of Democrats and Republicans
I have a good idea of who I’ll vote for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39%
I’m still making up my mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41%
I don’t plan to vote in the primary election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
Would you say that:
Asked of Republicans
There are too many Republican candidates for president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54%
There are too few Republican candidates for president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
There are about the right number of Republican candidates for president 25%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
Would you say that:
Asked of Democrats
There are too many Democratic candidates for president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
There are too few Democratic candidates for president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32%
There are about the right number of Democratic candidates for president 39%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%
How do you feel about the field of primary candidates running for president in your party?
Asked of Democrats and Republicans
Enthusiastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%
Satisfied but not enthusiastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39%
Dissatisfied but not upset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
Upset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
