Poll Watch: Boston Herald/Franklin Pierce University New Hampshire 2016 Republican Primary Survey

Boston Herald/Franklin Pierce University New Hampshire 2016 GOP Primary Poll

• Donald Trump 26% {28%} [18%]
• Ted Cruz 12% {5%} [10%] (9%) 
• Marco Rubio 12% {6%} [4%] (4%)
• Chris Christie 11% {3%} [3%] (10%) 
• Jeb Bush 10% {9%} [13%] (15%) 
• John Kasich 8% {6%} [12%] (1%)
• Carly Fiorina 6% {10%} [9%] (0%)
• Ben Carson 5% {16%} [4%] (4%)
• Rand Paul 3% {5%} [6%] (13%)
• Lindsey Graham 0% {0%} [1%] (0%)
• Mike Huckabee 0% {2%} [3%] (7%)
• George Pataki 0% {0%} [1%] (0%) 
• Rick Santorum 0% {0%} [0%] (2%)
• Other 1% {2%} [3%] (5%)
• Unsure 5% {7%} [9%] (10%)

Second Choice

• Marco Rubio 16%
• Chris Christie 15%
• Ted Cruz 15%
• Jeb Bush 12%
• Donald Trump 9%
• John Kasich 7%
• Carly Fiorina 7%
• Ben Carson 5%
• Rand Paul 2%
• Lindsey Graham 2%
• Mike Huckabee 1%
• George Pataki 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Other 2%
• Unsure 6%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Marco Rubio 65% {59%} [62%] (55%) / 26% {19%} [21%] (15%) {+39%}
• Chris Christie 64% {46%} [49%] (43%) / 30% {39%} [41%] (46%) {+34%}
• Carly Fiorina 56% {60%} [55%] (25%) / 31% {18%} [12%] (9%) {+25%}
• Ted Cruz 57% {45%} [47%] (55%) / 33% {29%} [29%] (22%) {+24%}
• Ben Carson 56% {69%} [55%] (35%) / 36% {14%} [13%] (11%) {+20%}
• Donald Trump 55% {55%} [46%] / 41% {42%} [46%] {+14%}
• Jeb Bush 53% {57%} [62%] (53%) / 42% {37%} [31%] (37%) {+11%}
• John Kasich 43% {46%} [50%] (24%) / 39% {22%} [16%] (7%) {+4%}
• Rand Paul 38% {48%} [44%] (57%) / 52% {36%} [45%] (24%) {-14%}
• Mike Huckabee 33% {34%} [49%] (49%) / 51% {48%} [37%] (35%) {-18%}
• Rick Santorum 27% {27%} [42%] (36%) / 52% {43%} [36%] (34%) {-25%}
• Lindsey Graham 24% {27%} [23%] (25%) / 52% {46%} [44%] (34%) {-28%}
• George Pataki 15% {14%} [22%] (26%) / 52% {46%} [43%] (37%) {-37%}

Survey of 430 likely Republican primary voters was conducted December 13-17, 2015 by RKM Research and Communications.  The margin of error is +/- 4.7 percentage points. Click here to view crosstabs. Results from the poll conducted October 14-17, 2015 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 7-10, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 22-25, 2015 are in parentheses.