Straw polls for the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
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The following is a list of notable straw polls for the 2016 Republican Party's presidential nomination.
Conservative Political Action Conference[]
CPAC 2013[]
Candidates | Percentage | |
---|---|---|
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul | 25% | |
Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 23% | |
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum | 8% | |
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie | 7% | |
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan | 6% | |
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker | 5% | |
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 4% | |
Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 4% | |
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal | 3% | |
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin | 3% | |
Other | 14% | |
Undecided | 1% |
CPAC 2014[]
Candidates | Percentage | |
---|---|---|
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul | 31% | |
Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 11% | |
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 9% | |
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie | 8% | |
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker | 7% | |
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum | 7% | |
Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 6% | |
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan | 3% | |
Texas Governor Rick Perry | 3% | |
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal | 2% | |
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice | 2% | |
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 2% | |
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin | 2% |
CPAC 2015[]
Candidates | Percentage | |
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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul | 25.7% | |
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker | 21.4% | |
Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 11.5% | |
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 11.4% | |
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush | 8.3% | |
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum | 4.3% | |
Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 3.7% | |
Businessman Donald Trump | 3.5% | |
Businesswoman Carly Fiorina | 3.0% | |
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie | 2.8% | |
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry | 1.1% | |
Undecided | 1.0% | |
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal | 0.9% | |
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin | 0.8% | |
Other | 0.7% | |
Former Ambassador John Bolton | 0.3% | |
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | |
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | |
Former New York Governor George Pataki | 0.1% |
CPAC 2016[]
Candidates | Percentage | |
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 40% | |
Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 30% | |
Businessman Donald Trump | 15% | |
Ohio Governor John Kasich | 8% | |
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 2% | |
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders | 1% | |
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg | 1% | |
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | .3% | |
Other | 4% | |
Undecided | 1% |
Values Voter Summit[]
VVS 2013[]
Candidates | Percentage | |
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 42% | |
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 13% | |
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum | 13% | |
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul | 6% | |
Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 5% |
VVS 2014[]
Candidates | Percentage | |
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 25% | |
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 20% | |
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 12% |
VVS 2015[]
Candidates | Percentage | |
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 42% | |
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 18% | |
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 14% | |
Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 13% | |
CEO Donald Trump | 5% |
Southern Republican Leadership Conference[]
SRLC 2014[]
Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
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1 | Ted Cruz | 30.33% |
2 | Ben Carson | 29.38% |
3 | Rand Paul | 10.43% |
4 | Mike Huckabee | 5.06% |
5 | Rick Perry | 4.9% |
SRLC 2015[]
The poll was held at the conference May 23, 2015, in Oklahoma City.[7]
Ben Carson – 25.4% |
Scott Walker – 20.5% |
Ted Cruz – 16.6% |
Chris Christie 5.3% |
Rick Perry – 5.0% |
Jeb Bush – 4.9% |
Rand Paul – 4.1% |
Marco Rubio – 4.1% |
Bobby Jindal – 4.1% |
Carly Fiorina – 2.7% |
Mike Huckabee – 2.7% |
Rick Santorum – 1.9% |
Donald Trump – 1.2% |
Mark Everson – 0.8% |
Lindsey Graham – 0.5% |
John Kasich – 0.2% |
Jim Gilmore - 0% |
Western Conservative Summit[]
WCS 2014[]
Ben Carson – 22% |
Ted Cruz – 13% |
Sarah Palin - 12% |
WCS 2015[]
Ben Carson – 224 / 26% |
Carly Fiorina – 201 / 23% |
Scott Walker – 192 / 22% |
Ted Cruz - 100 / 11% |
Rand Paul – 34 / 3.9% |
Marco Rubio – 24 / 2.8% |
Rick Perry – 20 / 2.3% |
Rick Santorum – 16 / 1.8% |
Donald Trump – 15 / 1.7% |
Mike Huckabee – 13 / 1.5% |
Bobby Jindal – 9 / 1% |
Bill Armstrong – 6 / 0.7% |
Jeb Bush – 4 / 0.5% |
John Kasich – 4 / 0.5% |
Chris Christie - 3 / 0.3% |
Lindsey Graham – 3 / 0.3% |
Mitt Romney - 3 / 0.3% |
George Pataki - 0 / 0% |
February 25, 2015 - Washington State Republican Party Straw Poll[]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
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1 | Ben Carson | 37% | 823 |
2 | Scott Walker | 15% | 333 |
3 | Mitt Romney | 9% | 200 |
4 | Ted Cruz | 7% | 153 |
5 | Rand Paul | 7% | 149 |
N/A | Others/Write-In | 3% | 65 |
6 | Jeb Bush | 3% | 60 |
7 | Mike Huckabee | 3% | 59 |
8 | Marco Rubio | 2% | 45 |
9 | Rick Perry | 2% | 40 |
10 | Trey Gowdy | 2% | 36 |
11 | Bobby Jindal | 1% | 32 |
12 | Allen West | 1% | 28 |
13 | Ron Paul | 1% | 25 |
14 | Sarah Palin | 1% | 24 |
15 | John Kasich | 1% | 21 |
16 | Condoleezza Rice | 1% | 21 |
17 | Undecided | 1% | 21 |
18 | Chris Christie | 1% | 20 |
19 | Paul Ryan | 1% | 19 |
20 | Susana Martinez | 1% | 13 |
21 | Newt Gingrich | 1% | 12 |
22 | Rick Santorum | <1% | 11 |
February 25, 2015 - National Republican Trust Political Action Committee Straw Poll[]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
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1 | Ben Carson | 67% | 10,620 |
2 | Scott Walker | 12% | 1,935 |
3 | Ted Cruz | 10% | 1,557 |
4 | Mitt Romney | 4% | 615 |
5 | Marco Rubio | 3% | 555 |
6 | Rand Paul | 2% | 325 |
7 | Rick Perry | 1% | 160 |
8 | Mike Huckabee | <1% | 75 |
9 | Paul Ryan | <1% | 50 |
10 | Rick Santorum | <1% | 40 |
11 | Jeb Bush | <1% | 10 |
12 | Bobby Jindal | <1% | 10 |
13 | George Pataki | 0% | 0 |
14 | Chris Christie | 0% | 0 |
March 14, 2015 - Georgia Association of Republican County Chairmen Straw Poll[]
The GA-ARCC straw poll was held in over 30 counties as part of Republican county conventions in Georgia:[12]
Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
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1 | Scott Walker | 39% | 536 |
2 | Rand Paul | 14% | 189 |
3 | Ben Carson | 9% | 127 |
4 | Jeb Bush | 7% | 98 |
5 | Ted Cruz | 6% | 76 |
6 | Mike Huckabee | 5% | 71 |
7 | Marco Rubio | 4% | 48 |
8 | Mitt Romney | 2% | 30 |
9 | Rick Perry | 2% | 29 |
10 | Bobby Jindal | 2% | 21 |
11 | Chris Christie | 1% | 13 |
12 | John Kasich | 1% | 11 |
Other/Undecided | 8% | 117 |
June 27, 2015 - Citizens United Straw Poll[]
Ben Carson – 18.0% |
Scott Walker – 17.9% |
Ted Cruz – 15.9% |
Donald Trump - 13.1% |
Marco Rubio - 5.5% |
Rand Paul – 5.0% |
Jeb Bush - 4.5% |
Rick Perry - 4.0% |
Mike Huckabee - 3.7% |
Carly Fiorina – 2.6% |
John Kasich - 2.0% |
Rick Santorum – 1.0% |
Bobby Jindal - .8% |
Chris Christie – 0.7% |
Lindsey Graham – 0.1% |
George Pataki – 0% |
Other - 1.0% |
Undecided - 4.0% |
July 20, 2015 - Washington, D.C. Republican Party Straw Poll[]
Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
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1 | Ben Carson | 44% |
2 | Jeb Bush | 17% |
3 | Marco Rubio | 11% |
4 | Scott Walker | 7% |
September 20, 2015 - Michigan Republican Party Straw Poll[]
Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
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1 | Rand Paul | 22% |
2 | Carly Fiorina | 15% |
3 | John Kasich | 13% |
4 | Ted Cruz | 7% |
5 | Jeb Bush | 9% |
6 | Marco Rubio | 8% |
7 | Donald Trump | 6% |
8 | Ben Carson | 5% |
9 | Scott Walker | 2% |
October 8–18, 2015 - Georgia National Fair "Peanut Poll" Straw Poll[]
Finish | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
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1 | Ben Carson | 8,576 | 36.86% |
2 | Donald Trump | 8,099 | 34.81% |
3 | Carly Fiorina | 1,203 | 5.17% |
4 | Marco Rubio | 1,064 | 4.57% |
5 | Ted Cruz | 778 | 3.34% |
6 | Jeb Bush | 629 | 2.70% |
7 | Mike Huckabee | 597 | 2.57% |
8 | Rand Paul | 234 | 1.01% |
9 | John Kasich | 132 | 0.57% |
10 | Chris Christie | 129 | 0.55% |
11 | Rick Santorum | 98 | 0.42% |
12 | Lindsey Graham | 80 | 0.34% |
13 | Bobby Jindal | 78 | 0.34% |
14 | George Pataki | 65 | 0.28% |
15 | Jim Gilmore | 42 | 0.18% |
16 | Undecided | 1,464 | 6.29% |
October 19, 2015 - North Carolina Tea Party Caucus[]
Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | Ted Cruz | 51% |
2 | Ben Carson | 42.05% |
3 | Carly Fiorina | 0.77% |
References[]
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- ^ Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw poll results
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- ^ "Ben Carson Wins #WCS15 Straw Poll Second Year In a Row". Ccu.edu. 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
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