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

PPP (D) 2016 GOP Nomination Poll

• Donald Trump 25% (34%) {26%} [27%] (29%) {19%}
• Ted Cruz 21% (18%) {14%} [7%] (6%) {4%} [8%] (10%) {16%} [5%] (9%)
• Marco Rubio 21% (13%) {13%} [13%] (7%) {10%} [13%] (13%) {6%} [3%] 
• Ben Carson 11% (6%) {19%} [17%] (15%) {10%} [12%] (12%) {10%} [18%] (15%)
• Jeb Bush 5% (7%) {5%} [10%] (9%) {12%} [15%] (11%) {17%} [17%] (17%)
• John Kasich 5% (2%) {3%} [4%] (6%) {3%}
• Chris Christie 3% (5%) {3%} [2%] (2%) {3%} [4%] (5%) {4%} [5%] (7%)
• Carly Fiorina 3% (4%) {4%} [6%] (8%) {4%} [5%] 
• Jim Gilmore 1% (0%) {0%} [0%] (1%) {0%}
• Undecided 1% (2%) {2%} [3%] (1%) {2%} [9%] (7%) {8%} [11%] (5%)

Who would be your second choice for the GOP candidate for President in 2016?

• Ted Cruz 20%
• Marco Rubio 15%
• Ben Carson 13%
• Chris Christie 7%
• Donald Trump 7%
• Jeb Bush 6%
• Carly Fiorina 6%
• John Kasich 3%
• Jim Gilmore 0%
• Undecided 21%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Ben Carson 66% (61%) {61%} [71%] (68%) {53%} [54%] (54%) {48%} [54%] (49%) / 23% (26%) {24%} [16%] (14%) {19%} [16%] (18%) {14%} [8%] (11%) {+43%}
• Marco Rubio 64% (49%) {55%} [57%] (58%) {54%} [59%] (56%) {55%} [46%] / 21% (34%) {25%} [24%] (24%) {19%} [16%] (22%) {22%} [18%] {+43%}
• Carly Fiorina 57% (53%) {51%} [57%] (53%) {38%} [38%] (28%) / 23% (28%) {30%} [27%] (23%) {22%} [22%] (21%) {+34%}
• Ted Cruz 58% (59%) {55%} [50%] (53%) {51%} [48%] (51%) {52%} [45%] (49%) / 28% (27%) {26%} [30%] (26%) {21%} [24%] (25%) {30%} [16%] (19%) {+30%}
• Chris Christie 48% (49%) {46%} [43%] (28%) {25%} [26%] (31%) {24%} [28%] (35%) / 30% (30%) {32%} [38%] (54%) {56%} [49%] (52%) {57%} [45%] (43%) {+18%}
• Donald Trump 48% (58%) {51%} [50%] (56%) {48%} [38%] (37%) / 41% (34%) {37%} [38%] (30%) {39%} [43%] (43%) {+7%}
• John Kasich 35% (26%) {25%} [29%] (29%) {29%} [23%] (22%) / 29% (40%) {37%} [36%] (34%) {15%} [19%] (17%) {+6%}
• Jeb Bush 37% (34%) {27%} [34%] (39%) {41%} [37%] (40%) {39%} [40%] (47%) / 47% (49%) {50%} [49%] (42%) {35%} [40%] (36%) {37%} [29%] (24%) {-10%}

Survey of 531 usual Republican primary voters was conducted February 2-3, 2016. The margin of error is +/- 4.3 percentage points. Political ideology: 43% (27%) {33%} [30%] (35%) {33%} [40%] (37%) {34%} [38%] (35%) Very conservative; 33% (44%) {40%} [39%] (40%) {39%} [35%] (34%) {36%} [38%] (38%) Somewhat conservative; 18% (23%) {20%} [23%] (20%) {21%} [19%] (21%) {19%} [17%] (21%) Moderate; 4% (5%) {6%} [6%] (4%) {5%} [5%] (6%) {8%} [6%] (5%) Somewhat liberal; 2% (1%) {1%} [3%] (1%) {2%} [1%] (1%) {3%} [2%] (1%) Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted December 16-17, 2015 are in parentheses. 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.