Republican Presidential Primary Vote Choice: First Choice (November 2015)

Republican Presidential Primary Vote Choice: First Choice (November 2015)

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Donald Trump27%
Ted Cruz27%
Ben Carson13%
Marco Rubio9%
Jeb Bush4%
Carly Fiorina4%
Rand Paul4%
Mike Huckabee2%
John Kasich1%
Chris Christie1%
Rick Santorum1%
Bobby Jindal0%
Lindsey Graham0%
George Pataki0%
Jim Gilmore0%
Don't know5%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Donald Trump48%28%26%
Ted Cruz13%24%28%
Ben Carson2%8%15%
Marco Rubio0%13%9%
Jeb Bush8%0%5%
Carly Fiorina7%3%4%
Rand Paul0%10%2%
Mike Huckabee0%0%3%
John Kasich8%5%1%
Chris Christie3%0%1%
Rick Santorum3%3%0%
Bobby Jindal0%0%1%
Lindsey Graham0%0%0%
George Pataki0%1%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%
Don't know9%5%5%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Donald Trump25%28%27%
Ted Cruz32%19%31%
Ben Carson21%13%12%
Marco Rubio6%9%11%
Jeb Bush0%9%5%
Carly Fiorina3%6%4%
Rand Paul4%2%1%
Mike Huckabee3%3%2%
John Kasich2%0%1%
Chris Christie1%1%1%
Rick Santorum0%0%0%
Bobby Jindal0%1%1%
Lindsey Graham2%0%0%
George Pataki0%0%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%
Don't know3%9%4%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Donald Trump47%42%24%
Ted Cruz17%8%31%
Ben Carson0%10%15%
Marco Rubio16%9%8%
Jeb Bush6%3%4%
Carly Fiorina7%2%5%
Rand Paul0%5%3%
Mike Huckabee0%3%2%
John Kasich5%4%1%
Chris Christie0%0%1%
Rick Santorum0%1%0%
Bobby Jindal0%0%1%
Lindsey Graham0%0%0%
George Pataki0%1%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%
Don't know3%13%4%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Donald Trump26%21%26%
Ted Cruz10%31%43%
Ben Carson16%16%13%
Marco Rubio6%13%5%
Jeb Bush7%4%2%
Carly Fiorina8%5%2%
Rand Paul11%2%1%
Mike Huckabee2%2%2%
John Kasich1%1%0%
Chris Christie1%1%2%
Rick Santorum0%0%1%
Bobby Jindal3%0%0%
Lindsey Graham2%0%0%
George Pataki0%0%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%
Don't know7%3%4%

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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Donald Trump54%30%23%
Ted Cruz11%15%47%
Ben Carson3%12%11%
Marco Rubio0%13%5%
Jeb Bush6%7%1%
Carly Fiorina0%5%3%
Rand Paul5%2%4%
Mike Huckabee0%4%1%
John Kasich14%1%1%
Chris Christie0%2%1%
Rick Santorum0%1%0%
Bobby Jindal0%1%0%
Lindsey Graham0%0%0%
George Pataki3%0%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%
Don't know5%8%2%

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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Donald Trump28%26%30%
Ted Cruz31%28%15%
Ben Carson16%13%10%
Marco Rubio4%11%15%
Jeb Bush4%5%4%
Carly Fiorina2%5%7%
Rand Paul3%2%7%
Mike Huckabee3%2%0%
John Kasich0%2%4%
Chris Christie1%1%1%
Rick Santorum2%0%0%
Bobby Jindal1%1%0%
Lindsey Graham0%0%3%
George Pataki0%0%1%
Don't know7%4%5%

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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Donald Trump24%29%23%50%
Ted Cruz27%30%30%10%
Ben Carson17%8%16%3%
Marco Rubio9%7%19%6%
Jeb Bush4%6%0%2%
Carly Fiorina4%6%2%3%
Rand Paul3%5%1%11%
Mike Huckabee3%0%4%0%
John Kasich1%1%4%3%
Chris Christie1%1%0%0%
Rick Santorum1%0%0%0%
Bobby Jindal0%1%0%0%
Lindsey Graham0%1%0%0%
George Pataki0%0%1%0%
Don't know6%4%1%13%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Donald Trump27%17%34%
Ted Cruz29%19%21%
Ben Carson13%8%14%
Marco Rubio8%0%13%
Jeb Bush4%0%8%
Carly Fiorina4%17%2%
Rand Paul4%10%2%
Mike Huckabee3%0%0%
John Kasich2%0%0%
Chris Christie1%0%1%
Rick Santorum0%0%1%
Bobby Jindal0%7%0%
Lindsey Graham0%0%0%
George Pataki0%0%1%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%
Don't know6%22%4%

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categoryMaleFemale
Donald Trump25%30%
Ted Cruz36%17%
Ben Carson13%14%
Marco Rubio8%10%
Jeb Bush3%6%
Carly Fiorina3%5%
Rand Paul4%3%
Mike Huckabee2%2%
John Kasich2%1%
Chris Christie0%2%
Rick Santorum0%1%
Bobby Jindal0%1%
Lindsey Graham0%1%
George Pataki0%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%
Don't know3%8%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Donald Trump22%31%24%
Ted Cruz25%26%31%
Ben Carson10%13%17%
Marco Rubio13%8%7%
Jeb Bush7%3%3%
Carly Fiorina4%6%1%
Rand Paul7%2%4%
Mike Huckabee1%2%4%
John Kasich1%2%1%
Chris Christie0%1%2%
Rick Santorum0%1%1%
Bobby Jindal0%1%0%
Lindsey Graham2%0%0%
George Pataki0%0%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%
Don't know8%5%5%

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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Donald Trump24%22%31%28%
Ted Cruz22%21%28%33%
Ben Carson14%14%15%11%
Marco Rubio6%8%7%13%
Jeb Bush7%8%4%1%
Carly Fiorina3%8%3%4%
Rand Paul7%7%3%0%
Mike Huckabee5%3%1%2%
John Kasich0%1%2%2%
Chris Christie1%0%1%2%
Rick Santorum1%0%0%1%
Bobby Jindal0%0%1%0%
Lindsey Graham0%2%0%0%
George Pataki0%0%0%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%0%
Don't know12%7%4%3%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Donald Trump63%28%31%24%19%7%
Ted Cruz18%31%29%28%25%23%
Ben Carson5%12%16%17%14%13%
Marco Rubio4%8%6%2%11%22%
Jeb Bush5%4%2%4%5%10%
Carly Fiorina0%2%3%3%9%8%
Rand Paul0%3%4%9%5%0%
Mike Huckabee0%5%0%1%2%3%
John Kasich0%0%2%2%2%2%
Chris Christie0%1%0%1%1%5%
Rick Santorum0%1%1%2%0%0%
Bobby Jindal0%0%0%1%1%2%
Lindsey Graham0%0%0%0%0%4%
George Pataki0%0%0%0%0%0%
Jim Gilmore0%0%0%0%0%0%
Don't know5%6%7%5%5%2%

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