Straw polls for the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
# Straw polls for the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

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

## Conservative Political Action Conference

### CPAC 2013

| Candidates | Percentage |
| - | - |
| Kentucky Senator Rand Paul | 25% |
| Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 23% |
| Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum | 8% |
| New Jersey Governor Chris Christie | 7% |
| Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan | 6% |
| Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker | 5% |
| Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 4% |
| Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 4% |
| Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal | 3% |
| Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin | 3% |
| Other | 14% |
| Undecided | 1% |

### CPAC 2014

| Candidates | Percentage |
| - | - |
| Kentucky Senator Rand Paul | 31% |
| Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 11% |
| Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 9% |
| New Jersey Governor Chris Christie | 8% |
| Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker | 7% |
| Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum | 7% |
| Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 6% |
| Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan | 3% |
| Texas Governor Rick Perry | 3% |
| Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal | 2% |
| Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice | 2% |
| Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 2% |
| Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin | 2% |

### CPAC 2015

| Candidates | Percentage |
| - | - |
| Kentucky Senator Rand Paul | 25.7% |
| Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker | 21.4% |
| Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 11.5% |
| Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 11.4% |
| Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush | 8.3% |
| Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum | 4.3% |
| Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 3.7% |
| Businessman Donald Trump | 3.5% |
| Businesswoman Carly Fiorina | 3.0% |
| New Jersey Governor Chris Christie | 2.8% |
| Former Texas Governor Rick Perry | 1.1% |
| Undecided | 1.0% |
| Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal | 0.9% |
| Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin | 0.8% |
| Other | 0.7% |
| Former Ambassador John Bolton | 0.3% |
| Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 0.3% |
| South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham | 0.1% |
| Former New York Governor George Pataki | 0.1% |

### CPAC 2016

| Candidates | Percentage |
| - | - |
| Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 40% |
| Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 30% |
| Businessman Donald Trump | 15% |
| Ohio Governor John Kasich | 8% |
| Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 2% |
| Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders | 1% |
| Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg | 1% |
| Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | .3% |
| Other | 4% |
| Undecided | 1% |

## Values Voter Summit

### VVS 2013

| Candidates | Percentage |
| - | - |
| Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 42% |
| Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 13% |
| Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum | 13% |
| Kentucky Senator Rand Paul | 6% |
| Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 5% |

### VVS 2014

| Candidates | Percentage |
| - | - |
| Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 25% |
| Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 20% |
| Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 12% |

### VVS 2015

| Candidates | Percentage |
| - | - |
| Texas Senator Ted Cruz | 42% |
| Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson | 18% |
| Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee | 14% |
| Florida Senator Marco Rubio | 13% |
| CEO Donald Trump | 5% |

## Southern Republican Leadership Conference

### SRLC 2014

| Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ted Cruz | 30.33% |
| 2 | Ben Carson | 29.38% |
| 3 | Rand Paul | 10.43% |
| 4 | Mike Huckabee | 5.06% |
| 5 | Rick Perry | 4.9% |

### SRLC 2015

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

* 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

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

### WCS 2015

* 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

| Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ben Carson | 37% | 823 |
| 2 | Scott Walker | 15% | 333 |
| 3 | Mitt Romney | 9% | 200 |
| 4 | Ted Cruz | 7% | 153 |
| 5 | Rand Paul | 7% | 149 |
| N/A | Others/Write-In | 3% | 65 |
| 6 | Jeb Bush | 3% | 60 |
| 7 | Mike Huckabee | 3% | 59 |
| 8 | Marco Rubio | 2% | 45 |
| 9 | Rick Perry | 2% | 40 |
| 10 | Trey Gowdy | 2% | 36 |
| 11 | Bobby Jindal | 1% | 32 |
| 12 | Allen West | 1% | 28 |
| 13 | Ron Paul | 1% | 25 |
| 14 | Sarah Palin | 1% | 24 |
| 15 | John Kasich | 1% | 21 |
| 16 | Condoleezza Rice | 1% | 21 |
| 17 | Undecided | 1% | 21 |
| 18 | Chris Christie | 1% | 20 |
| 19 | Paul Ryan | 1% | 19 |
| 20 | Susana Martinez | 1% | 13 |
| 21 | Newt Gingrich | 1% | 12 |
| 22 | Rick Santorum | <1% | 11 |

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

| Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ben Carson | 67% | 10,620 |
| 2 | Scott Walker | 12% | 1,935 |
| 3 | Ted Cruz | 10% | 1,557 |
| 4 | Mitt Romney | 4% | 615 |
| 5 | Marco Rubio | 3% | 555 |
| 6 | Rand Paul | 2% | 325 |
| 7 | Rick Perry | 1% | 160 |
| 8 | Mike Huckabee | <1% | 75 |
| 9 | Paul Ryan | <1% | 50 |
| 10 | Rick Santorum | <1% | 40 |
| 11 | Jeb Bush | <1% | 10 |
| 12 | Bobby Jindal | <1% | 10 |
| 13 | George Pataki | 0% | 0 |
| 14 | Chris Christie | 0% | 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:

| Finish | Potential candidate | Percentage | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scott Walker | 39% | 536 |
| 2 | Rand Paul | 14% | 189 |
| 3 | Ben Carson | 9% | 127 |
| 4 | Jeb Bush | 7% | 98 |
| 5 | Ted Cruz | 6% | 76 |
| 6 | Mike Huckabee | 5% | 71 |
| 7 | Marco Rubio | 4% | 48 |
| 8 | Mitt Romney | 2% | 30 |
| 9 | Rick Perry | 2% | 29 |
| 10 | Bobby Jindal | 2% | 21 |
| 11 | Chris Christie | 1% | 13 |
| 12 | John Kasich | 1% | 11 |
| | Other/Undecided | 8% | 117 |

## June 27, 2015 - Citizens United Straw Poll

* 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

| Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ben Carson | 44% |
| 2 | Jeb Bush | 17% |
| 3 | Marco Rubio | 11% |
| 4 | Scott Walker | 7% |

## September 20, 2015 - Michigan Republican Party Straw Poll

| Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Rand Paul | 22% |
| 2 | Carly Fiorina | 15% |
| 3 | John Kasich | 13% |
| 4 | Ted Cruz | 7% |
| 5 | Jeb Bush | 9% |
| 6 | Marco Rubio | 8% |
| 7 | Donald Trump | 6% |
| 8 | Ben Carson | 5% |
| 9 | Scott Walker | 2% |

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

| Finish | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ben Carson | 8,576 | 36.86% |
| 2 | Donald Trump | 8,099 | 34.81% |
| 3 | Carly Fiorina | 1,203 | 5.17% |
| 4 | Marco Rubio | 1,064 | 4.57% |
| 5 | Ted Cruz | 778 | 3.34% |
| 6 | Jeb Bush | 629 | 2.70% |
| 7 | Mike Huckabee | 597 | 2.57% |
| 8 | Rand Paul | 234 | 1.01% |
| 9 | John Kasich | 132 | 0.57% |
| 10 | Chris Christie | 129 | 0.55% |
| 11 | Rick Santorum | 98 | 0.42% |
| 12 | Lindsey Graham | 80 | 0.34% |
| 13 | Bobby Jindal | 78 | 0.34% |
| 14 | George Pataki | 65 | 0.28% |
| 15 | Jim Gilmore | 42 | 0.18% |
| 16 | Undecided | 1,464 | 6.29% |

## October 19, 2015 - North Carolina Tea Party Caucus

| Finish | Candidate | Percentage |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ted Cruz | 51% |
| 2 | Ben Carson | 42.05% |
| 3 | Carly Fiorina | 0.77% |
