Straw polls for the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

The following is a list of notable straw polls for the 2016 Republican Party's presidential nomination.

See also: Straw polls for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

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Conservative Political Action Conference

CPAC 2013

[1]

CandidatesPercentage
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul25%
Florida Senator Marco Rubio23%
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum8%
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie7%
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan6%
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker5%
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson4%
Texas Senator Ted Cruz4%
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal3%
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin3%
Other14%
Undecided1%

CPAC 2014

[2]

CandidatesPercentage
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul31%
Texas Senator Ted Cruz11%
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson9%
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie8%
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker7%
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum7%
Florida Senator Marco Rubio6%
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan3%
Texas Governor Rick Perry3%
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal2%
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice2%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee2%
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin2%

CPAC 2015
CandidatesPercentage
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul25.7%
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker21.4%
Texas Senator Ted Cruz11.5%
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson11.4%
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush8.3%
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum4.3%
Florida Senator Marco Rubio3.7%
Businessman Donald Trump3.5%
Businesswoman Carly Fiorina3.0%
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie2.8%
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry1.1%
Undecided1.0%
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal0.9%
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin0.8%
Other0.7%
Former Ambassador John Bolton0.3%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee0.3%
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham0.1%
Former New York Governor George Pataki0.1%

CPAC 2016

[3]

CandidatesPercentage
Texas Senator Ted Cruz40%
Florida Senator Marco Rubio30%
Businessman Donald Trump15%
Ohio Governor John Kasich8%
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson2%
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders1%
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg1%
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.3%
Other4%
Undecided1%

Values Voter Summit

VVS 2013

[4]

CandidatesPercentage
Texas Senator Ted Cruz42%
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson13%
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum13%
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul6%
Florida Senator Marco Rubio5%

VVS 2014

[5]

CandidatesPercentage
Texas Senator Ted Cruz25%
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson20%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee12%

VVS 2015

[6]

CandidatesPercentage
Texas Senator Ted Cruz42%
Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson18%
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee14%
Florida Senator Marco Rubio13%
CEO Donald Trump5%

Southern Republican Leadership Conference

SRLC 2014
FinishCandidatePercentage
1Ted Cruz30.33%
2Ben Carson29.38%
3Rand Paul10.43%
4Mike Huckabee5.06%
5Rick Perry4.9%

SRLC 2015

The poll was held at the conference May 23, 2015, in Oklahoma City.[7]

Ben Carson – 25.4%
Scott Walker – 20.5%
Ted Cruz – 16.6%
Chris Christie 5.3%
Rick Perry – 5.0%
Jeb Bush – 4.9%
Rand Paul – 4.1%
Marco Rubio – 4.1%
Bobby Jindal – 4.1%
Carly Fiorina – 2.7%
Mike Huckabee – 2.7%
Rick Santorum – 1.9%
Donald Trump – 1.2%
Mark Everson – 0.8%
Lindsey Graham – 0.5%
John Kasich – 0.2%
Jim Gilmore - 0%

Western Conservative Summit

WCS 2014

[8]

Ben Carson – 22%
Ted Cruz – 13%
Sarah Palin - 12%

WCS 2015

[9]

Ben Carson – 224 / 26%
Carly Fiorina – 201 / 23%
Scott Walker – 192 / 22%
Ted Cruz - 100 / 11%
Rand Paul – 34 / 3.9%
Marco Rubio – 24 / 2.8%
Rick Perry – 20 / 2.3%
Rick Santorum – 16 / 1.8%
Donald Trump – 15 / 1.7%
Mike Huckabee – 13 / 1.5%
Bobby Jindal – 9 / 1%
Bill Armstrong – 6 / 0.7%
Jeb Bush – 4 / 0.5%
John Kasich – 4 / 0.5%
Chris Christie - 3 / 0.3%
Lindsey Graham – 3 / 0.3%
Mitt Romney - 3 / 0.3%
George Pataki - 0 / 0%

February 25, 2015 - Washington State Republican Party Straw Poll

[10]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ben Carson37%823
2Scott Walker15%333
3Mitt Romney9%200
4Ted Cruz7%153
5Rand Paul7%149
N/AOthers/Write-In3%65
6Jeb Bush3%60
7Mike Huckabee3%59
8Marco Rubio2%45
9Rick Perry2%40
10Trey Gowdy2%36
11Bobby Jindal1%32
12Allen West1%28
13Ron Paul1%25
14Sarah Palin1%24
15John Kasich1%21
16Condoleezza Rice1%21
17Undecided1%21
18Chris Christie1%20
19Paul Ryan1%19
20Susana Martinez1%13
21Newt Gingrich1%12
22Rick Santorum<1%11

February 25, 2015 - National Republican Trust Political Action Committee Straw Poll

[11]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ben Carson67%10,620
2Scott Walker12%1,935
3Ted Cruz10%1,557
4Mitt Romney4%615
5Marco Rubio3%555
6Rand Paul2%325
7Rick Perry1%160
8Mike Huckabee<1%75
9Paul Ryan<1%50
10Rick Santorum<1%40
11Jeb Bush<1%10
12Bobby Jindal<1%10
13George Pataki0%0
14Chris Christie0%0

March 14, 2015 - Georgia Association of Republican County Chairmen Straw Poll

The GA-ARCC straw poll was held in over 30 counties as part of Republican county conventions in Georgia:[12]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Scott Walker39%536
2Rand Paul14%189
3Ben Carson9%127
4Jeb Bush7%98
5Ted Cruz6%76
6Mike Huckabee5%71
7Marco Rubio4%48
8Mitt Romney2%30
9Rick Perry2%29
10Bobby Jindal2%21
11Chris Christie1%13
12John Kasich1%11
Other/Undecided8%117

June 27, 2015 - Citizens United Straw Poll

[13]

Ben Carson – 18.0%
Scott Walker – 17.9%
Ted Cruz – 15.9%
Donald Trump - 13.1%
Marco Rubio - 5.5%
Rand Paul – 5.0%
Jeb Bush - 4.5%
Rick Perry - 4.0%
Mike Huckabee - 3.7%
Carly Fiorina – 2.6%
John Kasich - 2.0%
Rick Santorum – 1.0%
Bobby Jindal - .8%
Chris Christie – 0.7%
Lindsey Graham – 0.1%
George Pataki – 0%
Other - 1.0%
Undecided - 4.0%

July 20, 2015 - Washington, D.C. Republican Party Straw Poll

[14]

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Ben Carson44%
2Jeb Bush17%
3Marco Rubio11%
4Scott Walker7%

September 20, 2015 - Michigan Republican Party Straw Poll

[15]

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Rand Paul22%
2Carly Fiorina15%
3John Kasich13%
4Ted Cruz7%
5Jeb Bush9%
6Marco Rubio8%
7Donald Trump6%
8Ben Carson5%
9Scott Walker2%

October 8–18, 2015 - Georgia National Fair "Peanut Poll" Straw Poll

[16]

FinishCandidateVotesPercentage
1Ben Carson8,57636.86%
2Donald Trump8,09934.81%
3Carly Fiorina1,2035.17%
4Marco Rubio1,0644.57%
5Ted Cruz7783.34%
6Jeb Bush6292.70%
7Mike Huckabee5972.57%
8Rand Paul2341.01%
9John Kasich1320.57%
10Chris Christie1290.55%
11Rick Santorum980.42%
12Lindsey Graham800.34%
13Bobby Jindal780.34%
14George Pataki650.28%
15Jim Gilmore420.18%
16Undecided1,4646.29%

October 19, 2015 - North Carolina Tea Party Caucus

[17]

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Ted Cruz51%
2Ben Carson42.05%
3Carly Fiorina0.77%

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