GOP Southern Super Tuesday Primary Poll: February 2016
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Bloomberg Politics Poll Conducted by Purple Strategies GOP Southern Super Tuesday Primary Voter Survey Topline February 2016 METHODOLOGY
Purple Strategies conducted a poll of 1,254 Republican primary voters in Southern Super Tuesday (March 1) primary states (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) from Feb. 22-24, 2016. The poll was conducted online, using an opt-in nationally representative panel. Margin of error is +/-2.8 percentage points.
FAVORABILITY
The following is a list of people and organizations. For each one, please indicate whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of them. If you have never heard of the person, please say so.
 Showing Total Favorable / Total Unfavorable
GOP Primary Voters
The Republican Party 81 / 19 Marco Rubio 65 / 28 Ben Carson 65 / 30 Donald Trump 60 / 37 Ted Cruz 57 / 40 Pope Francis 54 / 35 The Tea Party movement 52 / 34 John Kasich 41 / 30 Michael Bloomberg 18 / 56 The Democratic Party 8 / 90
 
GOP Southern Super Tuesday Primary Poll: February 2016
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PRIMARY ELECTION
If the 2016 Republican presidential primary were held today and the candidates were: Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump and John Kasich for whom would you vote? Who would be your second choice? 
 
GOP Primary Voters
First Choice Second Choice First + Second (Combined) Trump 37 13 50 Rubio 20 22 42 Cruz 20 19 39 Carson 8 13 21 Kasich 6 11 18 Someone else 1 2 -- None of the above 1 7 -- Not sure 7 14 --
When it comes to your support of your first-choice candidate, would you say your mind is made up, or could you be persuaded to support another candidate as your first choice?  
GOP Primary Voters
Mind made up 46 Could still be persuaded 53
Don’t know
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Now, if you had to choose between only Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the Republican primary for president, for whom would you vote?  
GOP Primary Voters
Donald Trump 49 Ted Cruz 40 Not sure 10
Now, if you had to choose between only Donald Trump and Marco Rubio in the Republican primary for president, for whom would you vote?  
GOP Primary Voters
Donald Trump 48 Marco Rubio 44 Not sure 8
 
GOP Southern Super Tuesday Primary Poll: February 2016
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Now, if you had to choose between only Donald Trump and John Kasich in the Republican primary for president, for whom would you vote?  
GOP Primary Voters
Donald Trump 57 John Kasich 31 Not sure 12
Now, if you had to choose between only Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio in the Republican primary for president, for whom would you vote?  
GOP Primary Voters
Ted Cruz 40 Marco Rubio 45 Not sure 15
Here’s a list of 
 the candidates who are not your  first or second choice. For each, please indicate if you think you could ever support the person for  president or could never support the person for  president. 
GOP Primary Voters Ever Never Not Sure 1
st
 or 2
nd
 Choice
Donald Trump 16 20 14 50 John Kasich 30 17 36 18 Ted Cruz 27 17 18 39 Ben Carson 44 16 19 21 Marco Rubio 28 10 20 42
If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton is the Democratic
nominee in the general election, would you…? 
 
GOP Primary Voters
Vote for Donald Trump for President 66 Vote for Hillary Clinton for President 9 Vote for a different candidate for President 14
I wouldn’t vote in the general election
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Don’t know
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