(CBSNEWS) — The list of potential candidates for the presidency in 2016 is immense. The list of declared contenders, though, is nonexistent.
If the latest CBS News poll is any indication, Americans would like to see a number of potential candidates take the plunge -- but not all of them.
Republicans have a particularly broad field of prospective candidates, and it's seemingly growing by the day: Just last week, the 2012 GOP nominee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, told a room of donors in New York City that he's seriously entertaining a 2016 bid.
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Fifty-nine percent of Republicans would like to see Romney jump into the 2016 race, while only 26 percent believe he should stay out, according to the CBS News poll.
