Poll Watch: Public Policy Polling (D) North Carolina 2016 Republican Primary Survey

PPP (D) North Carolina 2016 GOP Primary Poll

• Donald Trump 33% {31%} [26%] (24%) {16%}
• Ted Cruz 16% {6%} [9%] (10%) {6%} [11%] (11%) {3%} [6%] (5%) {12%} [17%] (12%) {14%} [8%] (11%) {12%} [12%]
• Ben Carson 14% {23%} [21%] (14%) {9%} [9%] (9%) {12%} [14%] (19%)
• Marco Rubio 14% {11%} [10%] (9%) {9%} [12%] (11%) {7%} (4%) {5%} [5%] (5%) {5%} [7%] (9%) {10%} [10%] (21%) 
• Jeb Bush 5% {6%} [5%] (13%) {12%} [19%] (19%) {17%} [14%] (15%) {17%} [15%] (18%) {12%} [15%] (14%) {15%} [16%] (9%)
• Chris Christie 4% {3%} [2%] (2%) {5%} [8%] (7%) {5%} [5%] (14%) {12%} [9%] (12%) {15%} [11%] (17%) {19%} [20%] (10%)
• John Kasich 3% {5%} [4%] (1%) {0%}
• Carly Fiorina 2% {6%} [12%] (6%) {4%} [2%]
• Mike Huckabee 2% {5%} [6%] (6%) {11%} [10%] (11%) {15%} [13%] (14%) {17%} [19%] (22%) {19%} [20%] (15%) 
• Rand Paul 2% {2%} [0%] (3%) {7%} [12%] (6%) {5%} [6%] (5%) {12%} [15%] (9%) {12%} [14%] (14%) {13%} [12%] (6%)
• Lindsey Graham 1% {0%} [0%] (0%) {1%}
• Rick Santorum 1% {2%} [1%] (2%) {1%} (4%) {5%} [2%] (5%)
• Jim Gilmore 0% {0%} [0%] (0%)
• George Pataki 0% {0%} [0%] (0%) {0%} 
• Undecided 3% {1%} [2%] (3%) {4%} [5%] (7%) {8%} [9%] (7%) {11%} [9%] (6%) {12%} [9%] (13%) {11%} [13%] (8%)

Survey of 537 Republican primary voters was conducted December 5-7, 2015. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points.

Political ideology:

• Very conservative: 38% {36%} [38%] (41%) {47%} [36%] (37%) {38%} [35%] (39%) {40%} [45%] (39%) {37%} [35%] (38%) {37%} [36%] (44%)
• Somewhat conservative: 35% {33%} [36%] (35%) {36%} [39%] (39%) {36%} [39%] (38%) {37%} [35%] (32%) {35%} [33%] (40%) {39%} [36%] (35%)
• Moderate: 20% {23%} [21%] (17%) {14%} [21%] (18%) {19%} [20%] (18%) {20%} [13%] (21%) {20%} [22%] (16%) {16%} [21%] (13%)
• Somewhat liberal: 4% {6%} [2%] (5%) {4%} [4%] (5%) {4%} [4%] (5%) {2%} [4%] (6%) {4%} [7%] (4%) {7%} [4%] (6%)
• Very liberal: 2% {2%} [3%] (3%) {0%} [1%] (1%) {3%} [2%] (1%) {1%} [4%] (3%) {3%} [3%] (2%) {1%} [3%] (1%)

• Results from October 23-25, 2015 are in curly brackets.
• Results from September 24-27, 2015 are in square brackets.
• Results from August 12-16, 2015 are in parentheses. 
• Results from July 2-6, 2015 are in curly brackets.
• Results from May 28-31, 2015 are in square brackets.
• Results from April 2-5, 2015 are in parentheses.
• Results from February 24-26, 2015 are in curly brackets.
• Results from January 29-31, 2015 are in square brackets. 
• Results from December 4-7, 2014 are in parentheses. 
• Results from May 9-11, 2014 are in curly brackets.
• Results from April 26-28, 2014 are in square brackets.
• Results from April 3-6, 2014 are in parentheses.
• Results from March 6-9, 2014 are in curly brackets.
• Results from February 6-9, 2014 are in square brackets.
• Results from January 9-12, 2014 are in parentheses.
• Results from December 5-8, 2013 are in curly brackets.
• Results from November 8-11, 2013 are in square brackets.
• Results from December 6-9, 2012 are in parentheses.