What 2016 candidates will drop out?

[brandon]

Probably not many of the current "top tier" will drop out before the first primaries. By top tier I mean the candidates that were included in the last debate. Of those I can only see maybe Kasich and Fiorina dropping out.

I'd wager that Rand will drop out after the first primaries if he doesn't gain traction. Many will drop at that time. If any underdog candidates going to stay in for the long haul it would probably be Cruz, because he obviously doesn't care about pissing off the party leaders.

 

[ssunlimited]

I thought Rand wanted to campaign in the long haul, lose or win, like his father Ron?

 

[CPUd]

I thought Rand wanted to campaign in the long haul, lose or win, like his father Ron?

Rand will stay in at least until March. He is running to win, and can go all the way to the RNC, but he will be quicker to end his campaign than Ron if he's not winning delegates.

 

[limequat]

I believe that Huck will drop before Iowa in effort to consolidate the social-con vote with Cruz.