Poll Watch: Public Policy Polling (D) 2016 Republican Nomination Survey

PPP (D) 2016 GOP Nomination Poll

• Donald Trump 34% {26%} [27%] (29%) {19%}
• Ted Cruz 18% {14%} [7%] (6%) {4%} [8%] (10%) {16%} [5%] (9%)
• Marco Rubio 13% {13%} [13%] (7%) {10%} [13%] (13%) {6%} [3%] 
• Jeb Bush 7% {5%} [10%] (9%) {12%} [15%] (11%) {17%} [17%] (17%)
• Ben Carson 6% {19%} [17%] (15%) {10%} [12%] (12%) {10%} [18%] (15%)
• Chris Christie 5% {3%} [2%] (2%) {3%} [4%] (5%) {4%} [5%] (7%)
• Carly Fiorina 4% {4%} [6%] (8%) {4%} [5%] 
• Mike Huckabee 4% {4%} [4%] (5%) {8%} [11%] (12%) {6%} [10%] (9%)
• John Kasich 2% {3%} [4%] (6%) {3%}
• Rand Paul 2% {2%} [2%] (1%) {4%} [8%] (9%) {10%} [4%] (4%) 
• Lindsey Graham 1% {1%} [1%] (0%) {0%}
• Rick Santorum 1% {0%} [2%] (2%) {1%}
• Jim Gilmore 0% {0%} [0%] (1%) {0%}
• George Pataki 0% {1%} [1%] (0%) {0%}
• Undecided 2% {2%} [3%] (1%) {2%} [9%] (7%) {8%} [11%] (5%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mike Huckabee 63% {58%} [44%] (51%) {49%} [55%] (58%) {53%} [56%] (58%) / 19% {23%} [38%] (34%) {30%} [27%] (24%) {26%} [19%] (21%) {+44%}
• Ben Carson 61% {61%} [71%] (68%) {53%} [54%] (54%) {48%} [54%] (49%) / 26% {24%} [16%] (14%) {19%} [16%] (18%) {14%} [8%] (11%) {+35%}
• Ted Cruz 59% {55%} [50%] (53%) {51%} [48%] (51%) {52%} [45%] (49%) / 27% {26%} [30%] (26%) {21%} [24%] (25%) {30%} [16%] (19%) {+32%}
• Carly Fiorina 53% {51%} [57%] (53%) {38%} [38%] (28%) / 28% {30%} [27%] (23%) {22%} [22%] (21%) {+25%}
• Donald Trump 58% {51%} [50%] (56%) {48%} [38%] (37%) / 34% {37%} [38%] (30%) {39%} [43%] (43%) {+24%}
• Chris Christie 49% {46%} [43%] (28%) {25%} [26%] (31%) {24%} [28%] (35%) / 30% {32%} [38%] (54%) {56%} [49%] (52%) {57%} [45%] (43%) {+19%}
• Marco Rubio 49% {55%} [57%] (58%) {54%} [59%] (56%) {55%} [46%] / 34% {25%} [24%] (24%) {19%} [16%] (22%) {22%} [18%] {+15%}
• Rick Santorum 37% {37%} [37%] (40%) {48%} [46%] (45%) / 34% {30%} [34%] (27%) {19%} [24%] (22%) {+3%}
• Rand Paul 34% {36%} [31%] (29%) {42%} [45%] (48%) {49%} [42%] (50%) / 44% {39%} [42%] (50%) {30%} [33%] (29%) {30%} [24%] (23%) {-10%}
• John Kasich 26% {25%} [29%] (29%) {29%} [23%] (22%) / 40% {37%} [36%] (34%) {15%} [19%] (17%) {-14%}
• Jeb Bush 34% {27%} [34%] (39%) {41%} [37%] (40%) {39%} [40%] (47%) / 49% {50%} [49%] (42%) {35%} [40%] (36%) {37%} [29%] (24%) {-15%}
• Lindsey Graham 22% {24%} [18%] (19%) {21%} [16%] (19%) / 50% {37%} [45%] (40%) {33%} [39%] (31%) {-28%}

Survey of 532 Republican primary voters was conducted December 16-17, 2015.  Political ideology: 44% {40%} [39%] (40%) {39%} [35%] (34%) {36%} [38%] (38%) Somewhat conservative; 27% {33%} [30%] (35%) {33%} [40%] (37%) {34%} [38%] (35%) Very conservative; 23% {20%} [23%] (20%) {21%} [19%] (21%) {19%} [17%] (21%) Moderate; 5% {6%} [6%] (4%) {5%} [5%] (6%) {8%} [6%] (5%) Somewhat liberal; 1% {1%} [3%] (1%) {2%} [1%] (1%) {3%} [2%] (1%) Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted November 16-17, 2015 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted October 1-4, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 28-30, 2015 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted July 20-21, 2015 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted June 11-14, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 7-10, 2015 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted March 26-31, 2015 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted February 20-22, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted January 22-25, 2015 are in parentheses.