Poll Watch: PPP (D) Iowa 2016 Republican Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Iowa 2016 GOP Presidential Poll

If Mitt Romney was not a candidate in 2016, and the Republican candidates for President were Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Rick Santorum, who would you most like to see as the GOP candidate for President?

• Rick Santorum 16%
• Mike Huckabee 16%
• Chris Christie 15%
• Jeb Bush 10%
• Sarah Palin 10%
• Rand Paul 9%
• Marco Rubio 7%
• Paul Ryan 5%
• Someone else/Not sure 10%

Among Men

• Rick Santorum 19%
• Chris Christie 17%
• Mike Huckabee 11%
• Sarah Palin 11%
• Rand Paul 10%
• Jeb Bush 9%
• Marco Rubio 9%
• Paul Ryan 3%
• Someone else/Not sure 11%

Among Women

• Mike Huckabee 22%
• Rick Santorum 14%
• Chris Christie 13%
• Jeb Bush 12%
• Sarah Palin 10%
• Paul Ryan 8%
• Rand Paul 8%
• Marco Rubio 4%
• Someone else/Not sure 10%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mike Huckabee 69% / 12% {+57%}
• Sarah Palin 70% / 17% {+53%}
• Jeb Bush 62% / 9% {+53%}
• Rick Santorum 68% / 17% {+51%}
• Rand Paul 54% / 15% {+39%}
• Marco Rubio 46% / 7% {+39%}
• Paul Ryan 44% / 8% {+36%}
• Chris Christie 50% / 16% {+34%}

Do you consider yourself to be a member of the Tea Party?

• Yes 31%
• No 50%

Among Tea Party Members

• Chris Christie 18%
• Marco Rubio 13%
• Rick Santorum 12%
• Sarah Palin 12%
• Mike Huckabee 11%
• Paul Ryan 10%
• Rand Paul 9%
• Jeb Bush 6%
• Someone else/Not sure 8%

Among Non-Tea Party GOP Voters

• Chris Christie 16%
• Rick Santorum 16%
• Mike Huckabee 14%
• Jeb Bush 13%
• Sarah Palin 11% 
• Rand Paul 9%
• Paul Ryan 4%
• Marco Rubio 4%
• Someone else/Not sure 14%

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 60%
• Are not 40%

Among Evangelical Christians

• Mike Huckabee 21%
• Rick Santorum 20%
• Chris Christie 17%
• Sarah Palin 10%
• Rand Paul 9%
• Marco Rubio 7%
• Paul Ryan 5%
• Jeb Bush 5%
• Someone else/Not sure 6%

Among Non-Evangelicals

• Jeb Bush 19%
• Chris Christie 13%
• Rick Santorum 11%
• Sarah Palin 10%
• Mike Huckabee 9%
• Rand Paul 8%
• Paul Ryan 6%
• Marco Rubio 6%
• Someone else/Not sure 18%

Survey of 346 GOP primary voters was conducted May 3-6, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 5.3 percentage points.  Party ID: 89% Republican; 10% Independent/Other; 1% Democrat. Political ideology: 46% Very conservative; 35% Somewhat conservative; 14% Moderate; 3% Somewhat liberal; 2% Very liberal.