Despite a recent dip in the polls, Ben Carson says he isn’t giving up on the 2016 Republican primaries.
During a campaign stop Tuesday at a Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) hall in South Carolina, Carson told a room full of veterans that he will not exit the race despite his plunging poll numbers, saying that he is “not a quitter.”
Carson made the remark when asked if he would be willing to join a 2016 ticket as a vice presidential nominee. He said he wasn’t sure about the No. 2 spot.
“I don’t know,” Carson said, adding his often used line that he is not a politician. “Politics is not really an ambition for me.”
“Some people expressed concern that I would quit because my numbers have gone down,” Carson admitted. “I’m not a quitter by any stretch of the imagination.”
“I actually believe the numbers will go back up,” Carson said, adding that voters will ultimately see that he knows “plenty about foreign affairs.”
The former neurosurgeon has recently seen a free fall of his poll numbers over he past month, which has coincided with the rise of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. According to the RealClearPolitics polling average, Carson currently is in fourth place with 10 percent support in both Iowa and nationally.
In addition, Carson also sits eighth in the Washington Examiner‘s latest power rankings.
