Poll Watch: CBS News/New York Times 2016 Republican Nomination Survey

CBS News/New York Times 2016 GOP Nomination Poll

• Donald Trump 35% (22%) {27%} [27%] (24%)
• Ted Cruz 16% (4%) {9%} [5%] (6%)
• Ben Carson 13% (26%) {21%} [23%] (6%)
• Marco Rubio 9% (8%) {8%} [6%] (6%)
• Rand Paul 4% (4%) {4%} [3%] (4%)
• Jeb Bush 3% (7%) {6%} [6%] (13%)
• Mike Huckabee 3% (4%) {2%} [6%] (8%)
• John Kasich 3% (4%) {2%} [3%] (1%)
• Chris Christie 3% (1%) {3%} [1%] (3%)
• Carly Fiorina 1% (7%) {6%} [4%] (0%)
• Rick Santorum 0% (1%) {1%} [1%] (1%)
• Lindsey Graham 0% (2%) {0%} [0%] (0%)
• George Pataki 0% (0%) {0%} [0%] (1%)
• Jim Gilmore 0% (0%) {0%} [0%] (1%)
• None of them (vol.) 2% {3%} 
• Don't know/No answer 7% (6%) {11%} [9%] (9%)

Who would be your second choice for the Republican nomination for president?

• Ted Cruz 19% (12%) {6%} [12%] (8%)
• Ben Carson 13% (19%) {20%} [19%] (10%)
• Marco Rubio 13% (11%) {18%} [7%] (11%)
• Donald Trump 12% (18%) {11%} [12%] (6%)
• Jeb Bush 10% (8%) {7%} [9%] (10%)
• Chris Christie 6% (3%) {5%} [4%] (3%)
• Rand Paul 6% (4%) {2%} [3%] (8%)
• Carly Fiorina 4% (9%) {13%} [6%] (5%)
• Mike Huckabee 4% (3%) {6%} [4%] (7%)
• John Kasich 3% (2%) {1%} [2%] (4%)
• George Pataki 1% (1%) {0%} [0%] (0%)
• Lindsey Graham 0% (0%) {1%} [0%] (1%)
• Rick Santorum 0% (1%) {1%} [0%] (2%)
• Jim Gilmore 0% (0%) {0%} [0%] (0%)

National survey of 431 Republican primary voters was conducted December 4-8, 2015.  The margin of error is +/- 6 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted October 21-25, 2015 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted October 4-8, 2015 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted September 9-13, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 29 - August 2, 2015 are in parentheses.