Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal 2016 GOP Nomination Survey

NBC News/Wall Street Journal 2016 GOP Nomination Poll 

• Donald Trump 33% (27%) {23%} [25%] (21%) {19%} [1%]
• Ted Cruz 20% (22%) {10%} [9%] (5%) {9%} [4%] (11%)
• Marco Rubio 13% (15%) {11%} [13%] (11%) {5%} [14%] (18%)
• Ben Carson 12% (11%) {29%} [22%] (20%) {10%} [11%] (7%)
• Chris Christie 5% (3%) {3%} [1%] (3%) {3%} [4%] (5%)  
• Jeb Bush 5% (7%) {8%} [8%] (7%) {14%} [22%] (23%)
• Carly Fiorina 3% (5%) {3%} [7%] (11%) {0%} [2%] (1%)
• John Kasich 3% (2%) {3%} [3%] (6%) {3%} [1%]
• Rand Paul 3% (2%) {2%} [2%] (3%) {6%} [7%] (11%)
• Mike Huckabee 1% (3%) {3%} [3%] (2%) {6%} [9%] (5%)

Second Choice

• Ted Cruz 27% (18%) {13%} [8%] (6%) {8%} [7%] (7%)  
  
• Marco Rubio 17% (18%) {13%} [13%] (15%) {11%} [20%] (23%)
  
• Donald Trump 14% (12%) {12%} [14%] (10%) {11%} [3%]
• Chris Christie 7% (6%) {3%} [2%] (2%) {6%} [6%] (9%)
• Jeb Bush 7% (5%) {7%} [9%] (12%) {16%} [18%] (14%)
• Ben Carson 7% (17%) {21%} [22%] (15%) {11%} [8%] (4%)
• John Kasich 5% (3%) {3%} [4%] (2%) {1%} [0%]
• Carly Fiorina 4% (6%) {11%} [11%] (17%) {2%} [1%] (2%)
• Mike Huckabee 4% (4%) {5%} [4%] (6%) {5%} [9%] (10%)
• Rand Paul 3% (3%) {4%} [4%] (3%) {5%} [9%] (9%)

National survey of 400 Republican primary voters was conducted January 9-13, 2016.  The margin of error is +/- 4.90 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted December 6-9, 2015 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted October 25-29, 2015 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted October 15-18, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted September 20-24, 2015 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted July 26-30, 2015 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 14-18, 2015 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conductedApril 26-30, 2015 are in parentheses.