People's Biz: PPP says Donald Trump leads field among N.C. voters surveyed
, Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2015 2:11 pm | Updated: 2:16 pm, Thu Jul 9, 2015, Source
Donald Trump is the top choice of Republican primary voters in North Carolina, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released this week.
Trump garners 16 percent of the vote, followed by Jeb Bush at 12 percent; Scott Walker is third at 11 percent, and Mike Huckabee is fourth at 9 percent.
Other Republican presidential hopefuls got smaller support in the poll.
The Raleigh-based liberal polling firm surveyed 288 Republican primary voters July 2-6 to gauge their views of the widening Republican field for next year’s presidential race.
“Jeb Bush had been leading our previous few polls in North Carolina,” Tom Jensen, executive director of Public Policy Polling said in a news release. “But he continues to struggle with conservatives.”
Mike Huckabee has the highest favorability rating of the GOP hopefuls in North Carolina, with 65 percent in the survey saying they had a favorable view of him. Marco Rubio is second, with 57 percent viewing him favorably.
Chris Christie has the worst rating in the field, with 27 percent having a favorable view of him, and 41 percent with an unfavorable opinion of him.
