Poll Watch: PPP (D) 2016 Republican Nomination Survey

PPP (D) 2016 GOP Nomination Poll 

Given the choices of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Susana Martinez, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Rick Santorum, who would you most like to see as the GOP candidate for President in 2016?

• Marco Rubio 16% [21%] (22%) {21%} [18%] (10%) 
• Chris Christie 15% [15%] (13%) {14%} [14%] (21%)  
• Jeb Bush 15% [12%] (13%) {14%} [12%] (17%)
• Rand Paul 14% [17%] (10%) {5%} [7%] (4%)
• Paul Ryan 9% [12%] (15%) {16%} [12%] (7%)
• Ted Cruz 7%
• Rick Santorum 5% [5%] [4%] (12%)
• Bobby Jindal 3% [4%] (4%) {3%} (3%)
• Susana Martinez 1% [1%] (1%) {2%}
• Someone else/Undecided 15% [10%] (8%) {7%} [7%] (10%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Paul Ryan 67% [75%] (78%) {76%} [74%] (47%) / 13% [11%] (9%) {11%} [15%] (11%) {+54%} 
• Marco Rubio 57% [62%] (59%) {60%} [62%] (53%) / 13% [10%] (12%) {11%} [11%] (10%) {+44%}
• Rand Paul 58% [60%] (61%) {55%} [53%] (42%) / 16% [16%] (13%) {20%} [22%] (20%) {+42%}
• Jeb Bush 56% [51%] (59%) {59%} [63%] (71%) / 17% [16%] (12%) {15%} [14%] (13%) {+39%}
• Rick Santorum 48% [49%] [56%] (63%) / 20% [18%] [17%] (23%) {+28%}
• Bobby Jindal 38% [42%] (46%) {47%} (43%) / 15% [10%] (10%) {11%} (9%) {+23%}  
• Ted Cruz 27% / 13% {+14%}
• Chris Christie 42% [41%] (42%) {44%} [49%] (62%) / 29% [29%] (27%) {29%} [28%] (12%) {+13%}  
• Susana Martinez 19% [16%] (19%) {23%} / 16% [16%] (14%) {15%} {+3%}

Survey of 806 Republican primary voters was conducted May 6-9, 2013.  The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points.  Political ideology: 38% [35%] (41%) {39%} [38%] (41%) Somewhat conservative; 36% [39%] (41%) {37%} [39%] (36%) Very conservative; 19% [19%] (14%) {16%} [16%] (16%) Moderate; 5% [5%] (2%) {5%} [6%] (4%) Somewhat liberal; 2% [1%] (1%) {2%} [1%] (3%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted March 27-30, 2013 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 31 - February 3, 2013 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 3-6, 2013 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 30 - December 2, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 12-15, 2012 are in parentheses.