2016 West Virginia Republican presidential primary

The 2016 West Virginia Republican presidential primary was held on May 10 in the U.S. state of West Virginia as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The only candidate on the ballot who had not withdrawn was Donald Trump.

Both the Democratic Party and the Libertarian Party hold their own West Virginia primaries on the same day.

Opinion polling[]

List of polls

Winner: Donald Trump
Primary date: May 10, 2016

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Primary results	May 10, 2016	Donald Trump 77.01%	Ted Cruz 8.98%	John Kasich 6.74%	Ben Carson 2.17%, Marco Rubio 1.43%, Jeb Bush 1.14%, Rand Paul 0.89%, Mike Huckabee 0.87%, Chris Christie 0.36%, Carly Fiorina 0.33%
R.L. Repass & Partners/MetroNews^[1] Margin of error: ± 4% Sample size: 228	April 22– May 2, 2016	Donald Trump 57%	Ted Cruz 25%	John Kasich 14%	Undecided 4%
Public Policy Polling^[2] Margin of error: ± 4.2% Sample size: 549	April 29– May 1, 2016	Donald Trump 61%	Ted Cruz 22%	John Kasich 14%	Undecided 3%
Metro News^[3] Margin of error: ± ?% Sample size: 159	February 11–16, 2016	Donald Trump 40%	Ted Cruz 20%	Marco Rubio 15%	Ben Carson 10%, John Kasich 6%, Jeb Bush 4%, Carly Fiorina <1%, Chris Christie <1%, Not Sure 4%
Orion Strategies Margin of error: ± 4.9% Sample size: 406	August 25, 2015	Donald Trump 29%	Marco Rubio 8%	Ben Carson 7%	Jeb Bush 7%, Mike Huckabee 7%, Ted Cruz 5%, Scott Walker 2%, Carly Fiorina 2%, John Kasich 1%, Rand Paul 1%, Undecided 32%
Harper Polling Margin of error: ± 6.3% Sample size: 242	April 9–11, 2015	Jeb Bush 23%	Mike Huckabee 20%	Scott Walker 13%	Ben Carson 8%, Ted Cruz 8%, Rand Paul 7%, Chris Christie 5%, Marco Rubio 4%, Rick Santorum 1%, Undecided 11%

Results[]

West Virginia Republican primary, May 10, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	157,238	77.05%	32	0	32
Ted Cruz (withdrawn)	18,301	8.97%	0	0	0
John Kasich (withdrawn)	13,721	6.72%	1	0	1
Ben Carson (withdrawn)	4,421	2.17%	0	0	0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn)	2,908	1.43%	0	0	0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)	2,305	1.13%	0	0	0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)	1,798	0.88%	0	0	0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)	1,780	0.87%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	727	0.36%	0	0	0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)	659	0.32%	0	0	0
David Eames Hall	203	0.10%	0	0	0
Uncommitted			1	0	1
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	204,061	100.00%	34	0	34
Source: The Green Papers

References[]

^ "Overwhelming support for Trump, small lead for Sanders in MetroNews West Virginia Poll". Repass Research and Strategic Consulting. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "Trump, Sanders lead in West Virginia" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
^ "Trump and Sanders Have Big Leads in MetroNews West Virginia Poll" (PDF). Metro News West Virginia. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[1] "Overwhelming support for Trump, small lead for Sanders in MetroNews West Virginia Poll". Repass Research and Strategic Consulting. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[2] "Trump, Sanders lead in West Virginia" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

[3] "Trump and Sanders Have Big Leads in MetroNews West Virginia Poll" (PDF). Metro News West Virginia. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

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