A stepped line chart showing the number of GOP presidential candidates with active campaigns, by month. There are two lines, one for the 2016 election and one for 2024. Compared to the same time in 2016, the 2024 election had more candidates early on, but fewer by the summer of the year before the election. As of November, there are 8 active candidates in the 2024 election. At this time in 2016, there were 14.