Which of the 2016 Republicans is the strongest candidate for 2024

[Medal506]

I could see Cruz being the Bob Dole or John McCain of 2024. Ya know the guy that was runner up in the last open primary (2016 in this case) that's put up to take one for the team.

Or like the Mike Huckabee

He's put up to play up the "he lost because he's a southern Republican" narrative and then some moderate guy beats him out in a random come from behind victory (no one saw McCain coming until kind of late in 2008 primaries)

Mike Huckabee probably would have won the Republican Nomination for President in 2012 since he was the runner up to John McCain in 2008.

[Medal506]

The Republican Party establishment will push for Nikki Haley but Ted Cruz will probably win the nomination since he was the runner up in 2016 and he was the most competitive runner up since Reagan and Ford in 1976.

[Medal506]

Cruz accrued too much baggage from the 2016 run, so I say Rubio is the more likely one to win the nomination.

Cruz' 8 million votes aren't going anywhere, and I highly doubt Trump voters would choose Rubio over Cruz.

[Medal506]

The fact that atlas thinks the guy who one state that wasn't even his home state has a better chance than the guy who was the most competitive runner up since Reagan and Ford shows how out of touch atlas is with Republican voters and most of the country.

[Medal506]

cruz and paul. also lol at those who think rubio or kasich.

Thank you!

[Medal506]

None of the 2016 candidates will be the nominee in 2024. Among other things, Trump's win and the rise of the Tea Party show that Republicans really, really prefer fresh "outsider" candidates that speak to them on whatever Fox News is talking about that day than those who have been around for a while and can be called career politicians.

Also the political careers of most of these guys have been over for several years (Jeb, Walker, Jindal, Santorum, Christie, Huckabee, Fiorina, and of course Jim Gilmore)

Trump's 2016 run was his second run. The first time he ran as a reform party candidate in 2000. There's also been talk about him running since the 1980s. I wouldn't call Trump fresh face.