Poll Watch: PPP (D) New Hampshire 2016 Republican Presidential Primary Survey

PPP (D) New Hampshire 2016 GOP Presidential Primary 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, Rick Santorum, and Scott Walker, who would you most like to see as the GOP candidate for President?

• Chris Christie 24% 
• Jeb Bush 15% 
• Mike Huckabee 12% 
• Marco Rubio 12% 
• Rand Paul 10%
• Paul Ryan 8% 
• Rick Santorum 7%
• Sarah Palin 7% 
• Scott Walker 3%
• Someone else/Not sure 2% 

Among Republicans

• Chris Christie 21% 
• Jeb Bush 15% 
• Mike Huckabee 13% 
• Marco Rubio 13% 
• Paul Ryan 10% 
• Rand Paul 9% 
• Rick Santorum 8%
• Sarah Palin 8% 
• Scott Walker 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 2%

Among Independents

• Chris Christie 33% 
• Jeb Bush 14% 
• Rand Paul 12%
• Marco Rubio 10% 
• Mike Huckabee 8% 
• Sarah Palin 7%
• Scott Walker 6%
• Paul Ryan 5% 
• Rick Santorum 4% 
• Someone else/Not sure 2%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Chris Christie 74% / 11% {+63%} 
• Marco Rubio 68% / 8% {+60%}
• Jeb Bush 70% / 11% {+59%} 
• Paul Ryan 64% / 11% {+53%}
• Mike Huckabee 65% / 21% {+44%} 
• Scott Walker 48% / 10% {+38%}
• Sarah Palin 60% / 30% {+30%} 
• Rand Paul 53% / 27% {+26%}  
• Rick Santorum 52% / 29% {+23%} 

Among Republicans

• Chris Christie 76% / 7% {+69%} 
• Jeb Bush 76% / 8% {+68%} 
• Marco Rubio 73% / 5% {+68%}
• Paul Ryan 69% / 6% {+63%}
• Mike Huckabee 73% / 15% {+58%} 
• Scott Walker 52% / 7% {+45%}
• Sarah Palin 66% / 25% {+41%} 
• Rick Santorum 60% / 23% {+37%} 
• Rand Paul 57% / 24% {+33%}  

Among Independents

• Chris Christie 69% / 19% {+50%} 
• Marco Rubio 60% / 13% {+47%}
• Jeb Bush 58% / 17% {+41%} 
• Paul Ryan 55% / 20% {+35%}
• Scott Walker 39% / 14% {+25%}
• Mike Huckabee 51% / 32% {+19%} 
• Rand Paul 44% / 31% {+13%}  
• Sarah Palin 47% / 39% {+8%} 
• Rick Santorum 37% / 40% {-3%}

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

• Yes 31%
• No 57%
• Not sure 12%

Among Tea Party Members

• Chris Christie 18% 
• Rand Paul 14%  
• Mike Huckabee 12% 
• Paul Ryan 12%
• Marco Rubio 12%  
• Jeb Bush 11%
• Sarah Palin 9%  
• Scott Walker 6%
• Rick Santorum 5%
• Someone else/Not sure 1%

Among Non-Tea Party GOP Primary Voters

• Chris Christie 30% 
• Jeb Bush 17% 
• Marco Rubio 11% 
• Mike Huckabee 10%
• Rand Paul 8%  
• Paul Ryan 7% 
• Rick Santorum 7%
• Sarah Palin 6%   
• Scott Walker 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 3%

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 24%
• Are not 76%

Survey of 547 Republican primary voters was conducted August 9-12, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points.  Party ID: 66% Republican; 33% Independent/Other; 2% Democrat.  Political ideology: 43% Somewhat conservative; 31% Very conservative; 21% Moderate; 4% Somewhat liberal; 1% Very liberal.