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.

Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC 2013

Candidates PercentageKentucky 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 PercentageKentucky 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 PercentageKentucky 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 PercentageTexas 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 Cruz wins Values Voter Summit's 2016 straw poll

Candidates PercentageTexas 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 Cruz wins Values Voter Summit's straw poll

Candidates PercentageTexas Senator Ted Cruz 25%Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson 20%Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee 12%

VVS 2015 Fox News

Candidates PercentageTexas 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 30.33% 2 29.38% 3 10.43% 4 5.06% 5 4.9%

SRLC 2015 The poll was held at the conference May 23, 2015, in Oklahoma City.Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw poll results 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 Bunch, Joey. The Denver Post, July 20, 2014, "Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin top Western Conservative Summit straw poll for '16"

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 37% 823 2 15% 333 3 9% 200 4 7% 153 5 7% 149 N/A Others/Write-In 3% 65 6 3% 60 7 3% 59 8 2% 45 9 2% 40 10 2% 36 11 1% 32 12 1% 28 13 1% 25 14 1% 24 15 1% 21 16 1% 21 17 Undecided 1% 21 18 1% 20 19 1% 19 20 1% 13 21 1% 12 22 <1% 11

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

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 67% 10,620 2 12% 1,935 3 10% 1,557 4 4% 615 5 3% 555 6 2% 325 7 1% 160 8 <1% 75 9 <1% 50 10 <1% 40 11 <1% 10 12 <1% 10 13 0% 0 14 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 39% 536 2 14% 189 3 9% 127 4 7% 98 5 6% 76 6 5% 71 7 4% 48 8 2% 30 9 2% 29 10 2% 21 11 1% 13 12 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 44% 2 17% 3 11% 4 7%

September 20, 2015 - Michigan Republican Party Straw Poll

Finish Candidate Percentage 1 22% 2 15% 3 13% 4 7% 5 9% 6 8% 7 6% 8 5% 9 2%

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

Finish Candidate Votes Percentage 1 8,576 36.86% 2 8,099 34.81% 3 1,203 5.17% 4 1,064 4.57% 5 778 3.34% 6 629 2.70% 7 597 2.57% 8 234 1.01% 9 132 0.57% 10 129 0.55% 11 98 0.42% 12 80 0.34% 13 78 0.34% 14 65 0.28% 15 42 0.18% 16 Undecided 1,464 6.29%

October 19, 2015 - North Carolina Tea Party Caucus

Finish Candidate Percentage 1 51% 2 42.05% 3 0.77%

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