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.
CPAC 2013
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Candidates | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Candidates | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
VVS 2013
[edit]| Candidates | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Candidates | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 25% | |
| Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 20% | |
| Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 12% |
VVS 2015
[edit]| Candidates | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
SRLC 2014
[edit]| Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]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% |
WCS 2014
[edit]| Ben Carson – 22% |
| Ted Cruz – 13% |
| Sarah Palin - 12% |
WCS 2015
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Carson | 44% |
| 2 | Jeb Bush | 17% |
| 3 | Marco Rubio | 11% |
| 4 | Scott Walker | 7% |
September 20, 2015 - Michigan Republican Party Straw Poll
[edit]| Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Finish | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Cruz | 51% |
| 2 | Ben Carson | 42.05% |
| 3 | Carly Fiorina | 0.77% |
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