Nationwide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries

Nationwide public opinion polls conducted relating to the 2008 Republican presidential candidates, typically using standard statistical methodology, include the following. The public was generally sampled by land-line telephone only, and sometimes asked only about their opinion of certain candidates.

2008

Poll SourceMoEDate(s)administeredGallup±3%Feb. 22–24, 2008–21%63%6%––5%5%Rasmussen±4%Feb. 21–24, 2008–30%53%9%––——USA Today/Gallup±4%Feb. 21–24, 2008–23%61%4%––4%Fox News±3%Feb. 19–20, 2008–34%51%7%––4%5%Diageo/Hotline Sample Size: 266±6.0%Feb. 14–17, 2008–25%53%7%––5%10%Reuters/Zogby±4.8%Feb. 13–16, 2008–32%47%7%–––8%American Research Group±4%Feb. 9–13, 2008–31%54%3%–––12%Associated Press/Ipsos±5.2%Feb. 7–10, 2008–30%44%9%––1%16%USA Today/Gallup±5.0%Feb. 8–9, 2008–27%53%—–––—CBS News/New York Times?Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, 2008–12%46%9%23%–3%7%USA Today/Gallup±4.0%Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, 2008–—42%—24%––—Pew Research?Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, 2008–20%42%5%22%–1%10%ABC News/Washington PostABC News/Washington Post?Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, 20081%16%48%7%24%1%–3%Fox News/Opinion Dynamics±6%Jan. 30–31, 2008–19%48%5%20%–2%5%NBC News/Wall Street Journal±3.1%Jan. 20–22, 200815%23%29%4%20%–1%8%Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg?Jan. 18–22, 200812%18%22%6%17%10%2%13%Associated Press/Ipsos?Jan. 15–17, 200814%16%22%4%16%9%18%CNN?Jan. 14–17, 200814%20%29%6%19%9%1%4%USA Today/Gallup?Jan. 11–13, 200813%19%33%3%11%9%3%–Rasmussen Reports?Jan. 10–13, 200811%20%23%3%13%12%––Pew Research?Jan. 9–13, 200813%20%29%6%17%9%––Diageo/Hotline?Jan. 10–12, 200812%17%32%4%15%7%6%8%CBS/New York Times?Jan. 9–12, 200810%18%33%5%8%8%3%15%ABC News/Washington Post?Jan. 9–12, 200815%20%28%3%19%8%3%4%Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby?Jan. 10–11, 20089%23%28%4%13%14%1%–CNN/Opinion Research Corporation? Jan 9–10, 200818%21%34%5%14%6%1%–USA Today/Gallup? Jan 4–6, 200820%25%19%4%9%12%1%–Rasmussen Reports?Jan. 3–6, 200817%20%19%3%15%11%15%–

2007

Sep.–Dec. 2007 Poll SourceDate(s)administeredOthersRasmussen Reports Poll Dec 27–30, 200715%16%17%7%16%12%Pew Research Dec 19–30, 200720%17%22%4%12%9%Fox News Poll Dec 18–19, 200720%19%19%3%11%10%Rasmussen Reports Poll Dec 16–19, 200716%22%13%6%16%12%Rasmussen Reports Poll Dec 15–18, 200717%23%13%–15%13%NBC/WSJ Poll Dec 14–17, 200720%17%14%–20%11%Rasmussen Reports Poll Dec 14–17, 200718%23%11%–15%13%USA Today/Gallup Poll Dec 14–16, 200727%16%14%3%14%14%Alan Keyes 3%, Tom Tancredo 1%Reuters/Zogby Poll Dec 12–14, 200723%22%12%4%16%13%Battleground Poll Dec 9–12, 200722%24%15%6%16%9%Rasmussen Reports Poll Dec 9–12, 200720%23%8%6%14%10%American Research Group Poll Dec 9–12, 200721%21%18%5%16%6%11%Duncan Hunter 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%, Alan Keyes 0%Rasmussen Reports Dec 8–11, 200721%22%9%5%14%12%CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll Dec 6–9, 200724%22%13%6%16%10%CBS News/The New York Times Poll Dec 5–9, 200722%21%7%4%16%7%Rasmussen Reports Dec 4–7, 200718%22%12%7%13%9%Rasmussen Reports Dec 3–6, 200718%21%11%8%12%11%Rasmussen Reports Dec 2–5, 200717%20%13%7%13%10%Rasmussen Reports Dec 1–4, 200718%18%14%7%12%13%Rasmussen Reports Nov 30 – Dec 3, 200720%17%13%–11%14%USA Today/Gallup PollUSA Today/Gallup Poll Nov 30 – Dec 2, 200725%16%15%–12%15%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports Nov 28 – Dec 1, 200724%15%13%–10%14%Rasmussen Reports Nov 27–30, 200724%13%13%–13%12%Rasmussen Reports Nov 26–29, 200727%12%14%–14%10%Rasmussen Reports Nov 15–18, 200727%10%11%–12%13%American Research Group Nov 9–12, 200725%6%12%4%21%17%12%Duncan Hunter 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%, Alan Keyes 1%Rasmussen Reports Nov 7–10, 200726%9%12%–11%15%CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll Nov 2–4, 200728%10%16%5%11%19%Tom Tancredo 4%, Duncan Hunter 3%NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll Nov 1–5, 200733%8%16%4%11%15%8%Tom Tancredo 2%, Duncan Hunter 2%, Other 1%Rasmussen Reports Poll Oct 19–22, 200724%8%12%–16%19%Rasmussen Reports Poll Oct 14–17, 200727%7%10%–14%21%Gallup Poll Oct 12–14, 200732%6%14%5%10%18%9%Sam Brownback 2%, Tom Tancredo 2%, Duncan Hunter 1%Rasmussen Reports Poll Oct 11–14, 200730%6%8%–14%22%Rasmussen Reports Poll Oct 4–7, 200723%5%9%–14%24%Rasmussen Reports Poll Oct 2–5, 200719%4%11%–16%21%Rasmussen Reports Poll Sep 23–30, 200723%6%10%–13%25%19%Other 4%Rasmussen Reports Poll Sep 16–23, 200722%4%14%–12%26%17%Other 4%Gallup Poll Sep 14–16, 200730%4%18%4%7%22%10%Duncan Hunter 2%, Sam Brownback 2%, Tom Tancredo 1%, Other 1%Rasmussen Reports Poll Sep 9–16, 200719%5%13%–11%28%19%Other 4%Harris Interactive PollHarris Interactive Poll Sep 6–14, 200728%3%11%3%9%32%Newt Gingrich 7%, Duncan Hunter 2%, Sam Brownback 2%, Tom Tancredo 1%, Chuck Hagel 0%FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Sep 11–12, 200734%2%16%2%8%22%12%Duncan Hunter 3%, Sam Brownback 1%, Chuck Hagel 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%, Other (vol.) 1%, Unsure 11%, Wouldn't vote (vol.) 1%32%1%15%1%8%21%12%Newt Gingrich 4%, Duncan Hunter 3%, Sam Brownback 1%, Chuck Hagel 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%, Other (vol.) 1%NBC News/WSJ Sep 7–10, 200732%4%14%2%11%26%8%Sam Brownback 1%, Duncan Hunter 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Sep 7–9, 200728%5%15%1%11%27%8%Sam Brownback 2%, Tom Tancredo 2%, Duncan Hunter 1%27%4%14%1%10%26%8%Newt Gingrich 6%, Tom Tancredo 2%, Sam Brownback 1%, Duncan Hunter 1%CBS News/New York Times Poll Sep 4–9, 200727%–18%–14%22%10%Other/None 9%USA Today/Gallup Sep 7–8, 200734%5%15%1%10%22%8%Sam Brownback 2%, Chuck Hagel 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%, Duncan Hunter 0%, Someone else 1%32%4%14%1%9%20%8%Newt Gingrich 7%, Sam Brownback 2%, Chuck Hagel 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%, Duncan Hunter 0%, Someone else 1%Rasmussen Reports Poll Sep 2–9, 200723%6%12%–13%24%17%Other 4%

Jan.–Aug. 2007