The almost-complete evisceration of the Republican establishment, in 1 chart

[brooklynite]

Washington Post:

On March 16, 2015, the world made sense.

One year ago today, Scott Walker and Jeb Bush were neck-and-neck at the top of the Republican field in national polling, as measured by Real Clear Politics. This was to be expected: The popular conservative governor of a Midwestern state versus a scion of the Bush family? Yeah, that’s how Republican politics works. They’d struggle for the nomination, maybe with a senator or two thrown into the mix, and the voters would eventually weigh in.

At this point, that seems almost hysterically naive.

At the beginning of 2015, the three candidates left on the Republican side had the support of only 8 percent of Republican voters — combined. Donald Trump wasn’t even included in polling because, let’s be real, he wasn’t going to run. So it was John Kasich and Ted Cruz, neither of whom were attracting much attention.

Here’s what happened afterward:

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[Thinkingabout]

1. I am very happy I am not a Republican, actually John Kasich is the

Only decent one left but the GOP has passed up decent candidates before.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Kasich isn't even that decent. He's a hard-core right-winger.

He just behaves in public like he's relatively sane.

[Thinkingabout]

4. I do not like some of the issues he has stood on but he is much better than Trump or Cruz.

[OhioBlue]

3. Kasich isn't as scary crazy as Trump or Cruz, but he isn't decent.

He is one of the most anti-choice candidates
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/03/15/3760507/planned-parenthood-kasich-ohio/

The education mess in Ohio under Kasich:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/02/10/the-education-mess-in-ohio-under-gov-john-kasich/

He is not the "jobs Governor", in fact Ohio's job growth lags the national average.
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/12/will_anyone_challenge_john_kasichs_jobs_claim_why_his_numbers_dont_add_up/

These are just a few issues. It's also funny how he paints himself as the rational, nice guy.

Truth is, he is an ass.

He thinks we should ban teacher's lounges because they sit around and complain

He publicly called a cop that pulled him over an idiot

One of his first acts was to try and destroy the public unions - sb5

The only reason he won with the margins he did in the last election was because the dems ran a truly horrible candidate that was drowning in scandals.

[Thinkingabout]

5. Compared to Cruz and Trump, he is decent, don't like all of his positions but the fear of Cruz and

Trump scares the crap out of me, just listening to those two on the campaign trail puts Kasich higher on the list, maybe not having to choose in the GOP primary is a good outcome for me.

[kentuck]

6. My nephew is a teacher in Ohio....

and he agrees that the educational system is a mess under Kasich.