Poll Watch: CNN/ORC 2016 Republican Nomination Survey

CNN/ORC 2016 GOP Nomination Poll

• Donald Trump 24% [32%] (24%) {18%} [12%] (3%) 
• Carly Fiorina 15% [3%] (5%) {1%} [1%] (1%) {2%} [0%] (1%)
• Ben Carson 14% [19%] (9%) {4%} [8%] (7%) {4%} [9%] (8%) {7%} [11%] 
• Marco Rubio 11% [3%] (8%) {6%} [7%] (14%) {11%} [7%] (5%) {5%} [3%] (6%) {8%} [6%] (5%) {9%} [9%] (9%)
• Jeb Bush 9% [9%] (13%) {15%} [17%] (13%) {17%} [16%] (14%) {23%} [14%] (8%) {12%} [13%] (9%) {10%} [6%] (10%)
• Ted Cruz 6% [7%] (5%) {7%} [3%] (8%) {7%} [4%] (3%) {4%} [7%] (8%) {9%} [7%] (8%) {8%} [10%] (7%)
• Mike Huckabee 6% [5%] (4%) {5%} [5%] (10%) {9%} [10%] (16%) {6%} [10%] (12%) {11%} [10%] (10%) {14%}
• Rand Paul 4% [3%] (6%) {6%} [8%] (8%) {11%} [12%] (10%) {6%} [8%] (12%) {14%} [13%] (16%) {13%} [13%] (13%) 
• Chris Christie 3% [2%] (3%) {4%} [3%] (4%) {4%} [7%] (7%) {13%} [9%] (13%) {8%} [9%] (8%) {10%} [24%] (17%) 
• John Kasich 2% [2%] (5%) {4%} [3%] (1%) {2%} [2%] (2%) {3%} [3%]
• Rick Santorum 1% [1%] (1%) {2%} [4%] (2%) {3%} [1%] (3%) {2%} [2%] (3%) {4%} [2%] (3%) {4%} [6%] (5%)
• Jim Gilmore 0% [0%] (0%) {0%} 
• Lindsey Graham 0% [1%] (0%) {1%} [1%] (1%) {2%} [1%] (1%)  
• Bobby Jindal 0% [1%] (0%) {2%} [2%] (1%) {2%} [1%] (1%) {4%} [1%]
• George Pataki 0% [0%] (0%) {1%} [0%] (3%) {0%}   
• Scott Walker 0% [5%] (8%) {10%} [6%] (10%) {12%} [13%] (11%) {4%} [5%] (5%) {5%} [7%]

Who would be your second choice?

• Ben Carson 19% [16%] (10%) {5%}
  
• Marco Rubio 13% [7%] (8%) {11%}
• Jeb Bush 11% [10%] (10%) {14%}
• Carly Fiorina 11% [8%] (8%) {3%}
• Mike Huckabee 8% [5%] (5%) {9%}
• Donald Trump 8% [18%] (14%) {12%}
• Chris Christie 6% [5%] (5%) {2%}
• Ted Cruz 5% [7%] (7%) {7%}
• Rand Paul 3% [4%] (5%) {5%}
• Scott Walker 2% [3%] (8%) {9%}
• Lindsey Graham 1% [0%] (1%) {0%}
• John Kasich 1% [3%] (4%) {3%}
• George Pataki 1% [2%] (1%) {1%}
• Rick Santorum 1% [2%] (2%) {1%}
• Jim Gilmore 0% [0%] (1%) {0%}
• Bobby Jindal 0% [1%] (2%) {3%}

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you think did the best job in Wednesday night’s debates?

• Carly Fiorina 52%
• Marco Rubio 14%
• Donald Trump 11%
• Chris Christie 6%
• Ben Carson 3%
• Ted Cruz 3%
• Lindsey Graham 2%
• Jeb Bush 2%
• John Kasich 2%
• Rand Paul 2%
• Mike Huckabee 1%
• Bobby Jindal 0%
• George Pataki 0%
• Rick Santorum 0%
• Scott Walker 0%

Survey of 444 registered Republicans and GOP-leaning Independents, including a subsample of 234 who watched one or both debates, was conducted September 17-19, 2015.  The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points among all voters; +/- 6.5 percentage points among debate viewers. Party ID: 69% [65%] (61%) {55%} [64%] Republican; 31% [35%] (39%) {45%} [36%] Independent. Results from the poll conducted September 4-8, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 13-16, 2015 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted July 22-25, 2015 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted June 26-28, 2015 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 29-31, 2015 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 16-19, 2015 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 13-15, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted February 12-15, 2015 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted December 18-21, 2014 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted November 21-23, 2014 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 18-20, 2014 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted May 29 - June 1, 2014 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 2-4, 2014 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 7-9, 2014 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted January 31 - February 2, 2014 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 18-20, 2013 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 6-8, 2013 are in parentheses.