Straw polls for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

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

Conservative Political Action Conference

CPAC 2013

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

VVS 2015

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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	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	30.33%
2	Carson, BenBen Carson	29.38%
3	Paul, RandRand Paul	10.43%
4	Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee	5.06%
5	Perry, RickRick Perry	4.9%

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

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Ben Carson – 22%

Ted Cruz – 13%

Sarah Palin - 12%

WCS 2015

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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

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Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Carson, BenBen Carson	37%	823
2	Walker, ScottScott Walker	15%	333
3	Romney, MittMitt Romney	9%	200
4	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	7%	153
5	Paul, RandRand Paul	7%	149
N/A	Others/Write-In	3%	65
6	Bush, JebJeb Bush	3%	60
7	Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee	3%	59
8	Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	2%	45
9	Perry, RickRick Perry	2%	40
10	Gowdy, TreyTrey Gowdy	2%	36
11	Jindal, BobbyBobby Jindal	1%	32
12	West, AllenAllen West	1%	28
13	Paul, RonRon Paul	1%	25
14	Palin, SarahSarah Palin	1%	24
15	Kasich, JohnJohn Kasich	1%	21
16	Rice, CondoleezzaCondoleezza Rice	1%	21
17	Undecided	1%	21
18	Christie, ChrisChris Christie	1%	20
19	Ryan, PaulPaul Ryan	1%	19
20	Martinez, SusanaSusana Martinez	1%	13
21	Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich	1%	12
22	Santorum, RickRick Santorum	<1%	11

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

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Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Carson, BenBen Carson	67%	10,620
2	Walker, ScottScott Walker	12%	1,935
3	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	10%	1,557
4	Romney, MittMitt Romney	4%	615
5	Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	3%	555
6	Paul, RandRand Paul	2%	325
7	Perry, RickRick Perry	1%	160
8	Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee	<1%	75
9	Ryan, PaulPaul Ryan	<1%	50
10	Santorum, RickRick Santorum	<1%	40
11	Bush, JebJeb Bush	<1%	10
12	Jindal, BobbyBobby Jindal	<1%	10
13	Pataki, GeorgeGeorge Pataki	0%	0
14	Christie, ChrisChris 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:^[12]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Walker, ScottScott Walker	39%	536
2	Paul, RandRand Paul	14%	189
3	Carson, BenBen Carson	9%	127
4	Bush, JebJeb Bush	7%	98
5	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	6%	76
6	Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee	5%	71
7	Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	4%	48
8	Romney, MittMitt Romney	2%	30
9	Perry, RickRick Perry	2%	29
10	Jindal, BobbyBobby Jindal	2%	21
11	Christie, ChrisChris Christie	1%	13
12	Kasich, JohnJohn Kasich	1%	11
	Other/Undecided	8%	117

June 27, 2015 - Citizens United Straw Poll

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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

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Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1	Carson, BenBen Carson	44%
2	Bush, JebJeb Bush	17%
3	Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	11%
4	Walker, ScottScott Walker	7%

September 20, 2015 - Michigan Republican Party Straw Poll

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Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1	Paul, RandRand Paul	22%
2	Fiorina, CarlyCarly Fiorina	15%
3	Kasich, JohnJohn Kasich	13%
4	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	7%
5	Bush, JebJeb Bush	9%
6	Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	8%
7	Trump, DonaldDonald Trump	6%
8	Carson, BenBen Carson	5%
9	Walker, ScottScott Walker	2%

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

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Finish	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
1	Carson, BenBen Carson	8,576	36.86%
2	Trump, DonaldDonald Trump	8,099	34.81%
3	Fiorina, CarlyCarly Fiorina	1,203	5.17%
4	Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	1,064	4.57%
5	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	778	3.34%
6	Bush, JebJeb Bush	629	2.70%
7	Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee	597	2.57%
8	Paul, RandRand Paul	234	1.01%
9	Kasich, JohnJohn Kasich	132	0.57%
10	Christie, ChrisChris Christie	129	0.55%
11	Santorum, RickRick Santorum	98	0.42%
12	Graham, LindseyLindsey Graham	80	0.34%
13	Jindal, BobbyBobby Jindal	78	0.34%
14	Pataki, GeorgeGeorge Pataki	65	0.28%
15	Gilmore, JimJim Gilmore	42	0.18%
16	Undecided	1,464	6.29%

October 19, 2015 - North Carolina Tea Party Caucus

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Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	51%
2	Carson, BenBen Carson	42.05%
3	Fiorina, CarlyCarly Fiorina	0.77%

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